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A few weeks ago a technical representative of one of the leading ICU ventilator manufacturers gave an "in-service" presentation to the leaders of the respiratory care department at my institution.
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In an attempt to clarify criteria for diagnosing adrenal insufficiency in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, this group of French investigators serially performed both the cosyntropin stimulation test and the metyrapone stimulation test in 2 cohorts of such patients, and compared the findings with those from concurrent ICU patients without sepsis as well as a group of healthy volunteers.
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Herbal Supplements to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms; Bisphosphonates to Treat LBD, After 5 Years?; FDA Actions
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Mechanical ventilation has been evolving ever since the introduction and large scale use of iron lungs. Advances in the fields of medicine and technology have resulted in nearly an alphabet soup of modes of mechanical ventilation.
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An elderly man is found hypothermic and unresponsive in a bus station, and is brought by paramedics to the nearest hospital.
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Dermatologic complaints are common presentations in the emergency department and the emergency physician should have a working knowledge of the most common of these complaints.
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The foot is divided into three anatomic regions: the forefoot, made up of the fourteen phalanges and the five metatarsals; the midfoot, made up of the navicular, the cuboid, and the three cuneiforms (the medial, the middle, and the lateral); and the hindfoot, made up the talus and calcaneus.
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