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The CDC heads to Vietnam to assess pandemic threat
Concerned about the emerging threat of pandemic influenza in Vietnam, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dispatched a team to Hanoi to investigate an H5N1 avian flu outbreak that had claimed 12 lives as of Jan. 15, 2003. -
Pharmacology Watch: Hypertension: Therapy vs Calcium Channel Antagonists
GEMINI Trial; CAMELOT Trial; INVEST Trial; The Dangers of Vitamin E; FDA Actions. -
Effect of Kinetic Therapy on Pulmonary Complications
The primary objective of this study was to determine whether patients receiving mechanical ventilation who tolerate kinetic therapy have better pulmonary function than patients treated with standard turning. A secondary objective was to assess the cost-effectiveness of kinetic therapy. -
Special Feature: The Highly Reliable ICU
Adverse events and hospital deaths are common, and when these are combined, a large proportion of deaths are deemed preventable. Are there organizational approaches we can adopt in the ICU that will create a safer place? -
Should Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease be Intubated?
Mortality among patients with advanced cirrhosis who required intubation and mechanical ventilation was related more to the derangement of liver function than to the severity of critical illness as assessed by APACHE II or SAPS. -
Full January 2005 issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: New Clinical Guidelines on Cholesterol Management
Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy; Anti-Depressants and the Risk of Suicide; FDA Actions; Brief Notes. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Full September 2004 issue in PDF