Change is sometimes difficult to detect, especially if it happens gradually. Psychologists call it creeping normalcy. With slow change, we become conditioned with each incremental step and do not appreciate the overall change. Then, sometimes, when we stop and look back, we are struck with the contrast.
In addition to their cholesterol-lowering properties, hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, commonly referred to as statins, have been shown to modify inflammatory and immunologic pathways.
Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a key area of focus for promoting quality of care in the intensive care unit (ICU) and best patient outcomes.
This article reports on a questionnaire study administered to medical students, residents in internal medicine and surgery, and staff physicians at the University of Toronto in the summer of 2006.
This study's primary aim was to document the risk factors for stress ulcers and the use of stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in patients upon ICU admission, transfer to the floor, and discharge home.
