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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full August 2, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full August 2, 2010 Issue in PDF
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CVD decreases with aggressive treatment
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Folic acid and vitamin B12 for CAD
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ARBs and cancer risk
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Pharmacology Watch - Full August 2010 Issue in PDF
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Corticosteroids for exacerbations of COPD
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Prescription drug abuse in young adults
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Do Rapid Response Teams Reduce Hospital Mortality or Simply Increase Costs?
In the past decade, rapid response teams (RRTs) were broadly implemented to identify and treat patients on medical and surgical wards at risk for catastrophic deterioration and thus prevent death. -
Editor's Note
This issue deals with two key topics in the ongoing discussion about how critical care should be organized: rapid response systems (also called medical emergency teams or rapid response teams) for identifying patients not in ICUs who are at risk for life-threatening deterioration, and around-the-clock intensivist staffing in the ICU.