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Normal saline not the best surgical replacement fluid: study
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Apr 16, 2012
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Critical Care, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In looking back at more than 30,000 patients who had major open abdominal surgery over a five-year period, researchers found that those who received calcium-free physiologically balanced crystalloid solution for fluid replacement suffered fewer major complications than those who...
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No long-term survival benefit seen with vasopressors in cardiac arrest
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Mar 30, 2012
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Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administration of epinephrine or vasopressin to patients in cardiac arrest improves short-term survival, but has no benefit over the longer term, according to a review reported in Resuscitation online March 15.
Furthermore, “There are no alternative vasopressors that provide a...
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Darbepoietin improves outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury
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Mar 23, 2012
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Critical Care, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administration of an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent or ESA (in this case, darbepoietin) to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI) improves survival without increasing morbidity, a California team reports in the Archives of Surgery for March.
“The current...
Dexmedetomidine sedation may shorten mechanical ventilation duration
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Mar 22, 2012
Outcomes of STEMI similar with enoxaparin or unfractionated heparin
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Mar 19, 2012
Vasopressin for cardiac arrest does not improve long-term survival
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Mar 15, 2012
Renin-angiotensin blockade helpful in heart failure with renal disease
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Mar 9, 2012
Amantadine accelerates recovery of cognition after traumatic brain injury
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Mar 2, 2012
Noradrenaline a cost-effective option for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome
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Feb 21, 2012
Restricted feeding does not improve outcomes of acute lung injury
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Feb 9, 2012
Silent brain infarctions not an independent risk factor for recurrent stroke
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Jan 27, 2012
Linezolid has benefits in MRSA nosocomial pneumonia: study
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Jan 23, 2012
Beta-blocker continuation after surgery linked to better outcomes
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Jan 20, 2012
Study challenges potassium guidelines in acute MI
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Jan 13, 2012
Serial change in troponin I aids in early diagnosis of MI
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Dec 30, 2011
Use PERC “with confidence” to rule-out pulmonary embolism
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Dec 28, 2011
Macrolide antibiotics associated with better outcomes of acute lung injury
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Dec 21, 2011
Hyperkalemia common in older heart failure patients on intensive therapy
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Dec 19, 2011
Best methods to screen for swallowing difficulties after acute stroke identified
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Dec 15, 2011
Sildenafil may be effective for pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Dec 13, 2011
Inhaled antibiotic combo promising antipseudomonal in cystic fibrosis patients
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Dec 12, 2011
High-dose daptomycin an option in cardiac device-related endocarditis
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Dec 12, 2011
Antenatal steroid exposure improves outcomes in very preterm infants
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Dec 9, 2011
Combination therapy effective for predicted refractory Kawasaki disease
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Dec 8, 2011
