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FDA approves angiotensin II for shock patients
December 28, 2017
Treatment option for critically ill hypotensive patients who do not adequately respond to available therapies.
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When should I transfuse a patient who has anemia?
December 19, 2017
In the presence of active blood loss or hemodynamic instability, blood transfusion should be considered independent of the initial hemoglobin level.
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Inpatient antiviral treatment reduces ICU admissions among influenza patients
December 14, 2017
In-hospital flu vaccinations could keep adults out of the ICU
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Alarm reductions don’t improve ICU response times
December 5, 2017
TORONTO – Cutting back alarm numbers in the ICU did not lead to better alarm-response times at Harlem Hospital.
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Intense urine output monitoring beneficial in ICU
December 2, 2017
Patients who underwent intensive urine output monitoring received less fluid in their first 24 hours than did those who received less intensive monitoring.
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Improving the risk assessment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism
November 21, 2017
Hospital-based physicians inadequately assess for severity of pulmonary embolism in patients and fail to ask for consultations from specialists.
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Doctors’ and nurses’ predictions of ICU outcomes have variable accuracy
November 14, 2017
How accurate are doctors and nurses at predicting survival and functional outcomes in critically ill patients?
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ARDS incidence is declining. Is it a preventable syndrome?
November 13, 2017
TORONTO – Improvements in hospital practices may be the key to success.
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VIDEO: Balanced crystalloids protect kidney better than saline
November 1, 2017
TORONTO – Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transitioning from primarily using saline to balanced crystalloid IV fluids to prevent adverse renal events in hospitalized patients.
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When do patients with SSTIs require hospital admission and IV antibiotics?
October 23, 2017
Skin and soft tissue infections encompass a wide variety of clinical presentations and severity, and can be mimicked by a number of noninfectious medical conditions.
