Critical Care
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Continuous no better than interrupted chest compressions
Key clinical point: Continuous chest compressions during CPR didn’t improve survival or neurologic function compared with standard compressions...
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Radiation exposure exceeds 50 mSv in 2% of ICU patients
Key clinical point: A small but significant percentage of medical ICU patients receive cumulative radiation doses that exceed federal standards...
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CHEST: Catheter-directed thrombolysis shows pulmonary embolism efficacy
Key clinical point: Catheter-directed thrombolysis was linked to reduced mortality, compared with systemic thrombolysis in patients with an acute...
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CHEST: Less intrusive respiratory support scores CCU success
Key clinical point: Most CCU patients requiring respiratory support received adequate treatment from a new and less intrusive system. Major...
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Endovascular thrombectomy vs tPA: better function, same mortality
Key clinical point: Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy yielded better function and angiographic revascularization but similar mortality and rate...
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Impact of health care–associated meningitis or ventriculitis spotlighted
Health care–associated meningitis or ventriculitis continues to occur despite well established preventive methods and is associated with...
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ACS: No pull-out pneumothorax with ‘party balloon Valsalva’
It’s easier to explain, too.
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Experts debate infection control merits of ‘bare beneath the elbows’
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ACS: Don’t shy away from venovenous ECMO for trauma lung failure
Key clinical point: Venovenous ECMO can be life saving when trauma patients go into respiratory failure. Major finding: Thirty-two patients had...
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Ebola virus may persist in semen 9 months after symptom onset
Male Ebola virus disease survivors may have viable Ebola virus RNA in their semen 9 months after the onset of symptoms.
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Noninvasive ventilation no better than oxygen alone in immunocompromised ICU patients
Key clinical point: Noninvasive ventilation, compared with oxygen therapy alone, did not reduce 28-day mortality among immunocompromised patients...