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Abstract & Commentary: Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: Is It the Same as 'Massive' PE?
Saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE) is defined as the presence of a thromboembolus located at the bifurcation of the main pulmonary artery. -
Pharmacology Watch: Medication Poisonings Are Increasing in Children
In this issue: Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions. -
Special Feature: Update on Drowning
Drowning is defined as asphyxia or suffocation from submersion/immersion in a liquid medium. -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA issues Multiple Drug Warnings
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Abstract & Commentary: The Impact of Establishing a Regional Weaning Unit for Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Although most critically ill patients require only short periods of respiratory support, a minority require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). -
Abstract & Commentary: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in theAbsence of Acute Lung Injury: A Study in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients
Supported by robust data from numerous clinical trials, low-tidal-volume ventilation is now standard-of-care in managing patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). -
Abstract & Commentary: Patients/Surrogates Vastly Overrate Likelihood of Survival after Cardiac Arrest
Participants in this study were 100 patients/surrogates and their physicians in a 26-bed medical ICU located in an academic medical center. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban is Heating Up the Anticoagulation Market
In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions. -
Special Feature: Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine — Part 1I: Acute Respiratory Failure and Pregnancy
In Part 1 of this two-part series on Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine (see Critical Care Alert, March 2011, p. 89-93), we reviewed the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, examining changes occurring across multiple organ systems that affect our management of these patients as well as the ability of the pregnant woman to respond to various forms of stress, such as acute hemorrhage.