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Proper fluid management of patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is important. Although the pulmonary edema in ARDS patients is not due to increased hydrostatic pressures, it is believed that there is more fluid leakage at higher pressures.
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Treating Chronic Primary Insomnia; New Breakthrough in Smoking Cessation?; FDA Actions
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In this study from the University Hospital A Calmette in Lille, France, patients with known COPD who were admitted because of acute respiratory deterioration were evaluated for inclusion in a prospective investigation of the prevalence and risk factors for pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) in this setting.
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Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality, and have substantial economic consequences.
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The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Cheektowaga, NY, has a head start on many other hospices in the effort to develop quality improvement projects that will pass muster with the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services...
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Voluntary annual influenza immunization programs that use educational efforts and other incentives to vaccinate health care workers have been an abject failure.
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Nearly three-quarters (72%) of the cost of providing home oxygen therapy to Medicare patients in their homes represent services, delivery, and other operational expenses.
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Hospice organizations and professionals pride themselves on their attention to quality care. But the federal government's new focus on performance improvement and quality programs will mean that quality efforts will need to be documented, measured, and compared.
