Critical Care
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Hyperbaric oxygen may cut CO deaths
Undergoing more hyperbaric oxygen sessions reduced the mortality rate in a study of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Alarm reductions don’t improve ICU response times
TORONTO – Cutting back alarm numbers in the ICU did not lead to better alarm-response times at Harlem Hospital.
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Intense urine output monitoring beneficial in ICU
Patients who underwent intensive urine output monitoring received less fluid in their first 24 hours than did those who received less intensive...
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ARDS incidence is declining. Is it a preventable syndrome?
TORONTO – Improvements in hospital practices may be the key to success.
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Lung injury risk higher with apheresis blood products
Compared with other red blood cell products, those derived from apheresis significantly increased pulmonary cell interleukin-6 and interleukin-8...
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Red cell age: No impact on mortality after transfusion
Study supports the current practice of using oldest-available red cells.
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VIDEO: Balanced crystalloids protect kidney better than saline
TORONTO – Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transitioning from primarily using saline to balanced crystalloid IV fluids to prevent adverse...
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Cardiogenic shock boosts PAH readmissions 10-fold
Acute disorders played a key role in triggering hospital readmissions of pulmonary artery hypertension patients, in an analysis of U.S. national...
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In-hospital outcomes are better for vaccinated H1N1 patients
TORONTO – The study looks at the critical care outcomes of vaccination.
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Sepsis response team does not improve mortality/organ dysfunction
A sepsis response team did not have a positive effect on mortality or organ dysfunction in septic patients, compared with standard treatment by a...
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RBCs from previously pregnant women linked to increased mortality in men
By contrast, all-cause mortality was not higher in female transplant recipients who received transfusions from previously pregnant females.