In this issue: Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
Communicating with family members in a manner that ensures satisfaction with the information received, assists in reducing distress, and supports decision making is challenging.
Cardoso and colleagues at University Hospital in Londrina, Brazil, prospectively studied all patients who were admitted to their 17-bed, closed, general adult ICU during a 12-month period.
Flandreau and colleagues at the Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon, France, report their experience with patients with chronic neuromuscular disease (CNMD) admitted to their 15-bed medical ICU because of acute respiratory failure (ARF).
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports is the second in a two-part series on imaging and evaluation of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Part 1 reviewed risk factors, history and physical examination, and computed tomography (CT) imaging. This part will review magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound techniques, and treatment.
