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Lyon and colleagues performed a retrospective cohort study of the relationship between insurance status and 30-day mortality, as well as the use of five common ICU procedures, among 138,720 adult patients admitted to ICUs in Pennsylvania in fiscal years 2005 and 2006.
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Prasad and associates conducted a retrospective cohort study of associations between internal medicine trainee exposure to mechanical ventilation protocols and their performance on questions related to this topic on the critical care board-certifying examination.
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In this issue: New indication for rivaroxaban; new study on warfarin testing; medications causing adverse drug events; niacin as an add-on therapy; and FDA actions.
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Hemodynamic monitoring is an essential part of caring for critically ill patients. Critical care providers are regularly faced with the challenge of determining whether a patient is adequately volume resuscitated, and hemodynamic assessments are often the first step in making a proper diagnosis so that other life-saving therapies can be promptly implemented.
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This study was a survey of all the physicians and nurses working in 82 adult ICUs on a particular day in 2010. It was conducted by a study group of the Ethics Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and the ICUs involved were in nine European countries plus Israel.
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Lemyze and colleagues studied a simple bedside procedure for detecting expiratory airflow obstruction in intubated, mechanically ventilated patients.
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To examine the association between being placed in contact isolation and delirium, Day and colleagues at the University of Maryland Medical Center reviewed administrative data on all patients admitted during a 2-year period ending in 2009.
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In this issue: New treatment for TB; safety of dabigatran; quality of antidepressants; systolic hypertension treatment; and FDA actions.
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