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Investigators studied the utility of ultrasonography to verify correct placement of the endotracheal tube in patients cared for in a
pediatric intensive care unit.
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The electrocardiogram in the Figure was obtained from a 57-year-old woman with palpitations. Is there a short run of ventricular tachycardia in lead V1? What else may be wrong with the tracing?
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Heparin has been shown to have a profound synergistic effect with aspirin in preventing death, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and refractory unstable angina.
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In this retrospective study from a community teaching hospital in Philadelphia, Sondhi and colleagues identified all patients whose admissions had been assigned the diagnosis code for angioedema during the five academic years starting in 1996.
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This study questioned whether selected patients who fail to respond to prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation are potentially salvageable and should be transported to the nearest trauma center for evaluation and prompt emergency department thoracotomy.
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The authors of this study proposed that patients with diabetic ketoacidosis could be treated safely in a non-ICU setting using repeated subcutaneous doses of insulin lispro, and performed a study comparing this treatment regimen with standard regular insulin therapy administered by continuous IV infusion within the ICU setting.
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With the unprecedented shortage of influenza vaccine this flu season, hospitals are scrambling to prepare for what may be a record number of flu patients presenting to their already overcrowded emergency departments and for staff shortages due to record absenteeism.
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The National Diabetes Education Program has announced two new evidence-based publications for health care providers and patients.
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Fifteen ideas from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on increasing organ donation.
