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Specialty beds marketed for ICU patients range from simple air-filled mattresses designed for use on ordinary hospital beds to high-tech, electronically controlled rotating or vibrating devices.
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The FDA has approved vardenafil (LevitraBayer and GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men. Vardenafil joins sildenafil (Viagra) as the only 2 drugs approved for this indication in this country.
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Of 26 mechanically ventilated patients, 22 developed bacterial lower respiratory tract colonization, and in 15 patients anaerobes were recovered; 2 of 5 patients diagnosed with ventilator-associated pneumonia had anaerobes present in sufficient quantity to suggest that they were considered pathogenic.
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Lynch DM. Rye grass pollen for benign prostatic hyperplasia, protatitis, and prostatodynia. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(10):109-112.
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O'Mathuna DP. DHEA for women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(10):112-115.
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Gurgevich S. Clinical hypnosis and surgery. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(10):115-119.
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Greenfield RH. LCPUFAs, infant formula, and blood pressure. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(10):120.
