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Hyponatremia is frequently seen in patients with left ventricular failure and has recently been shown to be associated with right ventricular dysfunction and worse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
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Due to its lack of cardiovascular side effects, the short-acting non-barbiturate sedative, etomidate, has been one of the primary agents used to sedate hypotensive patients during rapid-sequence intubation (RSI).
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In this study from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Herasevich et al tested an electronic algorithm that incorporated patient characteristics and ventilator data and notified clinicians immediately when potentially injurious ventilator settings were being used.
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Laboratory studies and clinical data support the concept that prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) can induce or worsen lung injury, via activation of inflammatory mediators and/or microvascular fibrin deposition, processes that may be ameliorated by heparin.
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Anaphylaxis is a rapid-onset and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
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Just when you, the emergency physician, think you have the guidelines for treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) figured out, the AHA/ACC releases new revisions and updates.
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Errors involving insulin were commonly reported to Pennsylvania's Patient Safety Authority in 2010, with 52% of 2695 events leading to a patient possibly having received the wrong dose or no dose, and 49 resulting in harm to the patient.
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After a child was diagnosed with acute appendicitis at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO, the ED physician ordered antibiotics and dosed the patient according to the weight that was in her chart.