Critical Care Alert – March 1, 2009
March 1, 2009
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Steroids to Prevent Extubation Failure?
Post-extubation laryngeal edema, although infrequent, can necessitate reintubation and lead to other complications. -
Should Patients at Increased Risk of Bleeding Receive Activated Protein C?
Despite concerns that recombinant human Activated Protein C (rhAPC) is associated with an increased risk of bleeding, the FDA failed to list several of the bleeding-related exclusion criteria used in the PROWESS trial as contraindications to use of this agent. -
Volume of Clinical Information Generated in the ICU
This study from the University of Toronto sought to quantify the number of individual pieces of clinical information entered into the medical record on each patient in the ICU each day. -
Special Feature: Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in the ICU
Pulmonary hypertension (ph) is common among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In fact, many ICU clinicians simply view PH the same way they view leukocytosis as an expected finding caused by the "bigger problems" of sepsis, respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, volume overload, and myocardial infarction. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Warning Regarding Topical Anesthetics
In this issue: FDA warning on topical anesthetics; antipsychotics increase sudden cardiac death; the step up vs step down debate; treating pain, fatigue, mood, and sleep in fibromyalgia; FDA Actions.