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It's a daunting task to read from A to Z through the numerous clinical trials in cardiology in pursuit of a cure for acute coronary syndrome (ACS.
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Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) frequently present to the emergency department. Life-threatening infections and cerebrovascular accidents remain a constant threat throughout the lifetime of individuals with SCD.
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In 2001, the PROWESS trial of 1690 patients with severe sepsis1 demonstrated that a 96-hour infusion of activated protein C, or drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DrotAA, Xigris®) at 24 g/kg/h decreased mortality at 28 days from 30.8% to 24.4% (P = 0.005).
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Standard teaching advocates placing a chest tube on water seal in patients with a prior hemothorax or pneumothorax and obtaining a chest radiograph (CXR) the following morning.
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Uncontrolled hemorrhage remains an important cause of death in the ICU. Patients with severe traumatic injuries, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurisms are but a few examples of those who develop coagulopathy and hemorrhage that is not amenable to surgical control and may not respond to traditional approaches to blood product transfusion.
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While addressing the new accreditation standard for overcrowding (LD.3.11), one hospital has managed to decrease its treatment times, drop its walkout rate, improve its patient satisfaction scores, and improve its revenue capture, despite increasing patient volumes.
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Studies using computed tomography have shown that patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) typically have a cephalocaudal gradient in the distribution of lung density, with the greatest density (and collapse) in the lung bases adjacent to the diaphragm.
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It has been said that "medicine is a science, patient care is an art and healthcare is a business." To that end, physicians wear three hats, and must possess a broad range of skills to perform their jobs effectively. This demand is acutely evident in the tasks of an intensive care unit (ICU) director.
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New Hope for Macular Degeneration?; Can Cialis be Used for Edema?; FDA Actions
