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Low intensity warfarin therapy effectively prevents recurrent venous thromboembolism, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring has received a generally favorable reception since its formal introduction at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition last spring.
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In guidance that should spell millions of dollars saved for the nations hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling a halt to routine changes of ventilator breathing circuits.
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In this study, a European consortium of investigators evaluated the ability of an automatic external cardioverter defibrillator (AECD) to detect and treat arrhythmias in the in-hospital setting.
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Cardiac resynchronization reduces the mortality of progressive heart failure in patients with symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and dyssynchrony.
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Rheumatoid arthritis should be recognized as a marker of increased risk for myocardial infarction.
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Although fibrinolytic therapy was highly successful for thrombosis of prosthetic mechanical heart valves, a high complication rate limits its use to nonsurgical candidates.
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While the clinical benefit of oral N-acetylcysteine on reducing rates of contrast nephropathy for a given patient is unproven, it should be considered for all patients with abnormal renal function referred for elective coronary angiography.
