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In this large epidemiology study using a previous survey and 2004 Medicare data focusing on serious infections in the ICU, hospitals with dedicated ICU clinical pharmacists had lower ICU mortality rates, shorter ICU stays, and reduced charges.
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This open-label, multicenter trial showed that treatment of MRSA ventilator-associated pneumonia with linezolid was associated with non-statistically significant improvements in microbiologic cure, clinical cure, survival, duration of mechanical ventilation, and ICU length of stay when compared to therapy with vancomycin.
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With the largest cohort and longest follow-up yet reported, this prospective single-center study found that implementing a rapid response team reduced codes outside the ICU but had no effect on either hospital-wide code rates or overall patient mortality.
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This well-designed two-year trial shows that 1,200 mg daily of calcium citrate in healthy middle-aged men translates into higher bone mineral density and fewer falls, expanding on a body of evidence that had been focused primarily on the use of calcium in women and osteoporosis.
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Hypovitaminosis D was found to be highly prevalent in U.S. adults with CVD, particularly those with both coronary heart disease and heart failure.
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Lack of sleep impairs the immune system and lowers resistance to viral illness. The quality of sleep is important. Those volunteers who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were five-and-a-half times more likely to become ill than those who were asleep for at least 98% of their time in bed.
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Self-reported modest reduction of caloric intake by 30% for a duration of three months improves cognitive function in healthy elderly subjects.
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Visitors to nihseniorhealth, the national institutes of Health (NIH) web site designed especially for older adults, now have the opportunity to learn about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
