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High dose PPI infusion prior to endoscopy accelerated resolution of the signs of ulcer bleeding and significantly reduced the need for endoscopic hemostasis therapy.
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Quinolone-resistant neisseria gonorrhea (QRNG) continues to spread with alarming frequency across the United States. Quinolones were first recommended for the treatment of GC by the CDC in 1986.
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The FDA has approved a new combination product for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sitagliptin, the recently approved dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor is combined with metformin in two different dose configurations. Sitagliptin/metformin is marketed by Merck & Co., Inc as Janumet.
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Today's emergency physicians may find themselves responsible for initiating, sustaining, and even weaning patients on mechanical ventilation. This review will assist the emergency physician in providing quality respiratory support to these critically ill patients.
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This pilot study from the Medical and Coronary ICUs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center sought to identify factors associated with the development of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following critical illness.
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Although prognostic information is viewed as very important to family members of incapacitated, critically ill patients, little is known about what prognostic information clinicians provide during family conferences.
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Several studies have suggested that procalcitonin may be a useful biochemical marker to differentiate sepsis from other, non-infectious, causes of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), such as pancreatitis.
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Systemic and pulmonary inflammation are key in the development and progression of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Lack of improvements in inflammatory markers and in the lung injury score (LIS) by day 7 are associated with higher mortality.
