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Understanding the anatomic and physiologic changes that occur with pregnancy enhance the management of the pregnant trauma patient, potentially improving outcomes for both the mother and fetus. The best approach to fetal preservation is careful attention to resuscitation of the mother.
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Emergency physicians are very comfortable and well trained to evaluate patients of all ages with fever or other signs of infection. However, this familiar comfort quickly evaporates when evaluating the same symptoms in a patient with history of international travel.
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This paper reviews hemorrhagic stroke with emphasis on non-traumatic primary intracerebral hemorrhage.
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A growing literature suggests that packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions are associated with adverse outcomes in a variety of patient populations, but the mechanisms behind the observed effects are not clear.
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Investigators at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, conducted a retrospective review of all ICU admissions between November 1998 and July 2003, to find all patients who were potential candidates for noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the context of an exacerbation of COPD or acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE).
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Effective patient communication is a critical component to ICU patient care and to family member understanding of a critical illness.
