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A previously described "closed-loop knowledge based system" placed into a standard ventilator may be used to guide weaning via the pressure support mode.
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Antiaging Supplements Proven Ineffective; The Three Most Common Culprits of ADE; New Guidelines for Lyme Disease Prevention; FDA Actions
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A multicenter, observational study retrospectively compared 59 individuals with acute or early HIV infection who elected to receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for 12 weeks to 337 patients who declined treatment.
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When ICU clinicians estimated rather than calculated ideal body weight in mechanically ventilated patients in order to set tidal volume, the majority of such estimations were sufficiently inaccurate that the resulting tidal volume was outside the unit's target range.
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In 2 studies, mechanical ventilation in a hospital with a high case volume was associated with reduced mortality for nonsurgical patients, either regardless of severity of illness (Kahn et al) or only in high-risk patients (Glance et al).
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ECG ST depression was strikingly predictive of outcomes in ACS patients, compared to new biomarkers.
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The administration of supplemental oxygen to laboring patients with nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns increases fetal oxygen saturation substantially and significantly. Fetuses with the lowest initial oxygen saturations appear to increase the most.
