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Automated ventilation outperformed nurses in post-op cardiac care
October 13, 2019
MADRID – Automated mechanical ventilation keeps post-op patients in safe breathing zones better than nurses.
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Vitamin C infusion falls short for sepsis and ARDS patients
October 1, 2019
Vitamin C failed to improve organ dysfunction, inflammation, or vascular injury in adults with sepsis and ARDS.
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A quarter of ICU admissions caused by substance abuse
September 24, 2019
Polysubstance abuse was the most frequent subcategory of illicit and prescription drug admissions.
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Drug abuse–linked infective endocarditis spiking in U.S.
September 18, 2019
New cases doubled from 2002 to 2016, and those affected tended to be younger white males living in poverty.
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Early extubation to noninvasive ventilation did not decrease time to liberation from ventilation
September 3, 2019
In difficult to wean patients, does a weaning protocol with noninvasive ventilation result in earlier liberation from ventilation, compared with invasive weaning (continued invasive ventilation until successful spontaneous breathing trial)?
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HFNC 12 L/min on floor cuts down on bronchiolitis ICU transfers
September 2, 2019
Switching from 6 L/min makes a difference.
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CPAP safety for infants with bronchiolitis on the general pediatrics floor
August 26, 2019
SEATTLE – “Very, very few” hospitals do bronchiolitis CPAP outside of the ICU.
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Differential monocytic HLA-DR expression prognostically useful in PICU
August 19, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – European pediatric “study of the year” paves way for novel sepsis immunotherapies.
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Study: Cardiac biomarkers predicted CV events in CAP
August 13, 2019
The results suggest a change in usual practice is needed to reduce cardiovascular community-acquired pneumonia complications, according to a study author.
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Sepsis survivors’ persistent immunosuppression raises mortality risk
August 7, 2019
Individuals with persistent biomarkers of inflammation and immunosuppression had a higher risk of readmission and death because of cardiovascular disease.
