Critical Care Alert – October 1, 2008

October 1, 2008

• Incidence and Clinical Effects of Intra-abdominal Hypertension in Critically Ill Patients

  This prospective cohort study examined the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH).

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• Effects of Clinical Trials on Mechanical Ventilation Practice

  In 2002, esteban et al reported the results of an ambitious study, enrolling a prospective cohort of consecutive adult patients in 361 ICUs in 20 countries who received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours during the month of March 1998.

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• Special Feature: Therapeutic Hypothermia

  The American Heart Association reports that there are approximately 310,000 annual cases of out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest. In 20-38% of these persons, the initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (vfib/tach).

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• Pharmacology Watch: Gender Differences with Anticoagulation Discontinuation

  In this issue: Some women with DVT may stop warfarin after six months; Vytorin and cancer; preventing recurrent stroke; and FDA news.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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