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The final security standards and transaction modifications for electronic health information are here at last.
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Pharmacists are experts at dispensing the correct drug in the correct dosage to the correct patient. Two pharmacists, however, suggest that the profession can do a better job of considering the public, collectively, as a patient.
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A study of long-term, low-dose warfarin (Coumadin) in the prevention of blood-clotting disorders showed such promise that the National Institutes of Health, the trials sponsor, stopped the study early.
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HHS proposes smallpox vaccination compensation; Counterfeit epoetin alfa presents hazard to patients; Adverse events associated with sirolimus (Rapamune); FDA proposes standards for dietary supplements; APhA releases patient, pharmacist publications.
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The FDA has approved pyridostigmine bromide to increase survival after Soman nerve gas poisoning, which causes loss of muscle control and death from respiratory failure. The product is approved for combat use by United States military personnel.
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Voriconazole is a new broad-spectrum triazole antifungal. Other drugs in the triazole class are fluconazole and itraconazole.
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Pulmonary artery catheters (PACS) are widely used in critically ill patients. Proponents of the catheter, introduced into the clinical arena more than 30 years ago, argue that physiologic data provided by the use of the PAC permit clinicians to target treatment and improve patient outcomes.
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Sepsis and its consequences are common causes of death in the United States. Detection of infection and its proper treatment are essential for survival in all patients, but especially those in the ICU.
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