Critical Care
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No survival benefit with prehospital transfusions
More questions than answers
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Sepsis redefined by joint U.S.-European critical care task force
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Ebola patients treated in the West showed 81.5% survival
Overall survival was 81.5% for the 27 patients with Ebola virus infection who were treated in the United States or Europe during the recent...
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Alcohol withdrawal patients on sedative infusions may not need pre-emptive intubation
Key clinical point: Pre-emptive intubation may not be necessary in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome who are treated in hospital with...
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Hemodynamic principles key to managing right ventricular heart failure
In the clinical opinion of Dr. Nevin M. Katz, caring for critical care patients after cardiothoracic surgery requires a multidisciplinary team.
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Therapeutic hypothermia called biggest recent advance in cardiac arrest
The success of hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in preventing anoxic brain damage strengthens the case for creating regional...
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VTE prophylaxis within 72 hours seems safe in severe TBI
Early prophylaxis for VTE in patients with traumatic brain injury appears to be safe, although the decision of when to start should still depend...
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5% prevalence of expiratory central airway collapse in COPDGene study
Key clinical point: Expiratory central airway collapse is associated with a worse respiratory-related quality of life among current and former...
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Acetazolamide doesn’t reduce duration of mechanical ventilation
Key clinical point: Acetazolamide failed to reduce the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation in COPD patients with metabolic alkalosis....
Conference Coverage
A better way to relieve rib fracture pain in the ICU
A DIY nerve block for rib fracture pain in the ICU.
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Level 1 activation reduces LOS, mortality in geriatric trauma
Assigning all elderly trauma patients to Level 1 status linked to less time in the ED and lower mortality.