On nearly every shift, the emergency physician confronts a patient with atrial fibrillation (AF), either new onset or chronic. AF is often seen in patients with congestive heart failure or prior myocardial infarction.
Recent advances that provide effective treatment of newly diagnosed disease have markedly improved the morbidity of what used to be a devastating disease leading to deformity and disability.
Stopping statins, even briefly, after stroke or cardiovascular surgery increases vascular complications according to 3 new studies.
Daily use of SSRIs is associated with a 2-fold increase in the risk of fractures.
In this study of 51 adult ICUs, units with higher nurse staffing had a lower incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and decubiti.
