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In October of 2005, the first reports of 5 cases and the possible association of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and recipients of Menactra® Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MCV4) were reported.
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Segers and colleagues of the University of Amsterdam conducted this randomized, double-blind clinical trial at a 480-bed community hospital that performs 1200 cardiac surgical procedures annually.
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In patients with M. Tuberculosis infection, the emergence of chromosomally mediated resistance to INH is a stochastic process, meaning it is the sum of the product of the spontaneous mutation rate (10-6) and the total bacterial load.
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Professional burnout is a psychological syndrome in response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. In order to determine the prevalence of burnout among physicians working in ICUs, and to investigate associated factors, the investigators carried out a nationwide one-day survey study in the adult ICUs of 189 French public hospitals.
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Ouimet and colleagues at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal studied 820 consecutive patients admitted to their mixed medical-surgical ICU to determine the incidence of delirium, factors associated with it, and its clinical consequences. The patients were adults who stayed in the ICU more than 24 hours and survived for at least 1 day.
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a major nosocomial infection associated with increased morbidity and perhaps with some attributable mortality. There has been great controversy as to which is the best practical strategy to diagnose and treat VAP.
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In 2000, the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet) reported an unprecedented low mortality for ARDS patients ventilated with a tidal volume of 6 mL/kg of predicted body weight (and a plateau pressure ¡Ü30 cm H2O) compared to a tidal volume of 12 mL/kg.
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Citalopram Useful for Depression in CDA Patients;; When to Stop Anticoagulation Before Surgery?;; Drug Warnings: Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab;; Growth Hormone Treatment, More Harm Than Good;; FDA Actions
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