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Proportional Assist Ventilation and Lung Protection in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Way Forward
A post-hoc analysis found that once patients were allowed to control their breathing pattern on high-level proportional assist ventilation, they continued to maintain an estimated driving pressure remarkably close to that measured during lung protective ventilation.
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How Good Is Passive Leg Raise at Predicting Fluid Responsiveness?
In a meta-analysis of 23 clinical trials, passive leg raise was shown to be an excellent predictor of fluid responsiveness.
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ICU Outcomes and Triage in Elderly Patients with Advanced Cancer
Here are the stats for those patients who are 80 years and older.
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Follow-up Text or Email Might Prevent Malpractice Suit
One hospital has reduced its malpractice risks with this simple practice.
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Is ED Patient Unhappy With ED Care?
Or is an unexpected bill the real problem?
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Give Unhappy Patients Chance to Air Concerns
This could help the hospital avoid a lawsuit.
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Don’t View Patient Complaints as Annoyances
Unsolicited complaints are ‘nuggets of gold’ and valuable risk reduction tools for EDs.
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No Margin, No Mission
Whether based on strong evidence or not, it is believed that experience of care drives market share and that market drives the bottom line.
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A Review of the Limping Child and Painful Hip
MONOGRAPH: A focus on on the minor musculoskeletal trauma and atraumatic causes of limp and hip pain in the pediatric population.
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Acute Knee Pain
MONOGRAPH: The physical exam of the knee in the ED and selected nontraumatic conditions causing knee pain.