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Pharmacology Watch: FDA Heightens Warnings on Chantix
n this issue: Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Special Feature: The Role of Weaning Parameters in 2008
Most critically ill patients require mechanical ventilation, and, according to one large survey, the weaning process occupies about 40% of the time that patients spend connected to the ventilator. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Another Study Implicates Avandia
Prilosec and Nexium Cleared; Anastrozole over Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer; Antibiotics and Steroids Not for Sinusitis; FDA Actions -
Special Feature: Managing Critical Hypoxemia in The ICU
In the majority of patients who develop the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), oxygenation can be supported using increased inspired oxygen concentrations (FIO2) or higher levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). -
BAL Galactomannan to Diagnose Invasive Aspergillosis in the ICU
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is increasingly recognized as a source of infection in immunocompromised ICU patients, but accurate diagnosis remains challenging. -
Proactive Palliative Care in the Medical ICU Affects Length of Stay for High-Risk Patients
Use of specially trained palliative care teams in the ICU has increased in frequency in recent years. Consultation by these teams tends to occur very late in patients' length of stay. Few studies have been performed evaluating outcomes, such as length of stay. -
Bacteremia During Ventilated-Associated Pneumonia is Associated with Increased Risk of Death
This single-center, retrospective study examined ICU mortality and various risk factors among critically ill patients who developed bacteremia during their VAP episode. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement