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Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine

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Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine

Under the direction of Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Pocket Medicine provides the key information a clinician needs for the initial approach and management of... read more

 
 
Dear NRA, I’m a doctor. My lane? I sit in this chair when I tell parents their kids are dead

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Dear NRA, I’m a doctor. My lane? I sit in this chair when I tell parents their kids are dead

Seems like a little thing, but I did this in response to a tweet by the National Rifle Association, asserting that doctors should “stay in our lane” instead of studying or making recommendations... read more

 
 
Anxiety, Depression and PTSD After Critical Illness

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Anxiety, Depression and PTSD After Critical Illness

Survivors of intensive care are known to be at increased risk of developing longer-term psychopathology issues. We present a large UK multicentre study assessing the anxiety, depression and post-traumatic... read more

 
 
Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation

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Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is an educational program jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA). The course is designed to teach... read more

 
 
Nutrition in Surgery Podcast

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Nutrition in Surgery Podcast

Changing Care to Improve Surgical Outcomes. In this mini-series of six podcasts sponsored by Abbott Nutrition, the DCRI’s Paul Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, welcomes distinguished scientists and clinicians... read more

 
 
Characteristics, Management, and In-hospital Mortality Among Patients with Severe Sepsis in ICU in Japan

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Characteristics, Management, and In-hospital Mortality Among Patients with Severe Sepsis in ICU in Japan

Sepsis is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in developed countries. A comprehensive report on the incidence, clinical characteristics, and evolving management of sepsis is important. Thus,... read more

 
 
Delirium in Critical Illness: Haloperidol vs Ziprasidone?

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Delirium in Critical Illness: Haloperidol vs Ziprasidone?

Delirium is defined as an acute disorder of consciousness which can occur in up to 80% of mechanically ventilated ICU patients. This acute cognitive dysfunction is associated with prolonged hospital stay,... read more

 
 
The combination of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein or presepsin alone improves the accuracy of diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

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The combination of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein or presepsin alone improves the accuracy of diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

The combination of PCT and CRP or presepsin alone improves the accuracy of diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. However, further studies are required to confirm these findings. A total of 28 studies enrolling... read more

 
 
Impact of a Multifaceted Prevention Program on VAP Including Selective Oropharyngeal Decontamination

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Impact of a Multifaceted Prevention Program on VAP Including Selective Oropharyngeal Decontamination

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a serious complication of mechanical ventilation (MV), and has an incidence between 2 and 16 episodes per 1000 ventilator-days, an attributable mortality of... read more

 
 
Rapid Bedside Evaluation of Seizures in the ICU by Listening to the Sound of Brainwaves

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Rapid Bedside Evaluation of Seizures in the ICU by Listening to the Sound of Brainwaves

The Ceribell EEG System enabled rapid acquisition of electroencephalography (EEG) in patients at risk for non-convulsive seizures and aided clinicians in their evaluation of encephalopathic ICU patients.... read more

 
 
Medical Device Rules Need Drastic Change To Protect Patients

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Medical Device Rules Need Drastic Change To Protect Patients

Urgent and drastic changes to the rules around medical devices, such as pacemakers, are needed to protect patients, according to the Royal College of Surgeons. It wants a register of every device in every... read more

 
 
Do State Regulations on Nurse Staffing Make a Difference in ICU Outcomes?

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Do State Regulations on Nurse Staffing Make a Difference in ICU Outcomes?

In the recent issue of Critical Care Medicine, Law and colleagues published an evaluation of the impact of changes in Massachusetts state regulations mandating that nurse staffing levels on critical care... read more

 
 
Seeing the Present Through the Past

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Seeing the Present Through the Past

As an MD-PhD candidate, now in the second year of a history of medicine PhD, I often reflect on the role of history in the medical school classroom and at the bedside. Medical history is a useful way to... read more

 
 
Sedation and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in PICU

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Sedation and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in PICU

As little as 30 minutes of exposure to anesthetic and sedative agents may adversely affect the developing brain. Safe, humane management of critically ill infants requires the use of sedative agents, often... read more

 
 
Acute Liver Failure: Evidence-Based Evaluation and Management

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Acute Liver Failure: Evidence-Based Evaluation and Management

Although acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare clinical presentation in the ED, it carries a high mortality, morbidity, and resource cost. Across the developing world, the underlying etiology is primarily... read more

 
 
Impact of timing of continuous intravenous anesthetic drug treatment on outcome in refractory status epilepticus

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Impact of timing of continuous intravenous anesthetic drug treatment on outcome in refractory status epilepticus

Patients with refractory status epilepticus (RSE) treated with continuous intravenous anesthetic drugs (cIVADs) may benefit from early initiation of such therapy. wWhen cIVADs are applied in RSE, prescribing... read more

 
 
Optimum Chest Compression Point for CPR in Children Revisited Using a 3D Coordinate System Imposed on CT

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Optimum Chest Compression Point for CPR in Children Revisited Using a 3D Coordinate System Imposed on CT

The optimum chest compression site (P_optimum) in children is debated: European Resuscitation Council recommends one finger breadth above the xiphisternal joint, whereas American Heart Association proposes... read more

 
 
Antibiotic Therapy for Severe CAP in the ICU

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Antibiotic Therapy for Severe CAP in the ICU

Researchers have assessed the impact antibiotic therapy on short (hospital) and long-term (6 months) outcomes of ICU patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... read more

 
 
Burnout in Intensive Care: How Can We Improve?

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Burnout in Intensive Care: How Can We Improve?

The risk of burnout in intensive care is high, there is a great need to look after ourselves and each other to enable us to effectively care for our patients and to be part of not only an effective team... read more

 
 
Feasibility and Perceptions of PICU Diaries

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Feasibility and Perceptions of PICU Diaries

The use of ICU diaries in the PICU setting is feasible and perceived as beneficial by families of critically ill children. Future studies are needed to better understand if PICU diaries may objectively... read more

 
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