Examination of patient outcomes beyond survival has become an important focus of critical care research in the last decade.
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Previous trials have demonstrated that administration of recombinant erythropoietin to critically ill patients decreases the need for red blood cell transfusions and leads to higher hemoglobin values.
This paper reports on a telephone survey of US non-rural hospitals and the physician directors of their ICUs.
The goal of this study was to elicit views of key clinical faculty members regarding the effects of residency duty-hour limits on patient care, education, professionalism and faculty satisfaction.
Dronedarone was significantly more effective than placebo in maintaining sinus rhythm and in reducing the ventricular rate during recurrence of arrhythmia.
