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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Nurses Caring for Elders at Home Report More Errors at Work
This study reports findings from a sample of 393 nurses who completed a daily log book for 28 days by recording information about work hours, sleep/wake patterns, perceptions of fatigue and stress, and errors or near errors during work shifts. -
Preventing Nosocomial Infection in Cardiac Surgery by Topical Oro-Nasal Decontamination
Segers and colleagues of the University of Amsterdam conducted this randomized, double-blind clinical trial at a 480-bed community hospital that performs 1200 cardiac surgical procedures annually. -
Critical Care Plus: Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Support Calls for Clear Protocols
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Does ICU Benchmarking Really Work?
In this analysis of an administrative dataset, Combes and colleagues wanted to find out the effect of source of admission, especially for patients whose initial care was provided at another hospital, on the outcome. -
Febrile Neutropenia: Identifying High-Risk Patients
This review from a group of investigators with extensive experience in the management of fever in neutropenic patients provides a concise update on recent trends in the etiologies and outcomes of this condition, and discusses methods for risk stratification based on the most recent multicenter studies. -
ICU Patients’ Family Members Are at Risk for PTSD
During an 8-month period, azoulay and colleagues investigated the prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress in family members of critically ill patients in 21 French medical and surgical ICUs. -
Pharmacology Watch: Rifamixin for the Prevention of Traveler’s Diarrhea?
Erectile Dysfunction and Visual Disturbance; Mixed News on Statins; FDA Actions