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Same Lung Injury Risk With Pre-Hospital Steroids (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Wed, 02/08/2012 - 15:04

HOUSTON (MedPage Today) -- Pre-hospital steroid therapy did not reduce the risk of acute lung injury in critically ill patients and might have increased inhospital mortality risk, according to a study reported here.


 

Cloudy with a chance of sudden death

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 10/19/2011 - 22:00

(Rice University) Researchers from Rice University and Emory University plan to test whether a new "law of biology" can predict when the health of critically ill patients is about to worsen, and which treatments can prevent it.

In a preliminary study, the researchers identified a subtle signal within EKG data that showed how the heart was going to behave several minutes later.

They will use the technique to create software for patient-specific health forecasts.


 

Nevada doctor pleads not guilty in stem cell case

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 10/13/2011 - 16:52

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A southern Nevada pediatrician has pleaded not guilty in Las Vegas to federal charges that he and a man falsely identifying himself as a doctor conspired to implant chronically ill patients with stem cells harvested from human placentas....


 

Finding could reduce antibiotic use in critically ill patients

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Tue, 08/02/2011 - 22:00

(Queen's University) Measuring the levels of a natural body chemical may allow doctors to reduce the duration of antibiotic use and improve the health outcomes of critically ill patients.


 

Groups award $2 million for palliative care research to improve ...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Mon, 06/20/2011 - 22:00

(American Cancer Society) The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center award $2 million in research grants to researchers at 12 institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their caregivers.


 

Preemptive Antibiotics Cut Bacteremia from Resistant Bugs (CME/C...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sun, 03/20/2011 - 16:30

(MedPage Today) -- Antibiotic prophylaxis for critically ill patients reduced the risk of bacteremia from highly drug-resistant organisms, researchers reported.


 

DFA unreliable in H1N1 testing in critically ill patients

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Sun, 05/16/2010 - 22:00

(American Thoracic Society) Direct Immunofluorescence Assay (DFA) testing for H1N1 influenza ("swine flu") is unreliable in ICU patients, according to a new study from Stanford University.

Multiple methods exist for diagnosing influenza, but data on the utility and accuracy of these tests for H1N1 are still emerging, given the relatively recent onset of the epidemic.


 

Standard Antiviral Dose Appears Okay for Severe H1N1 (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:10

Critically ill patients with pandemic H1N1 influenza probably do not need a higher dose of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), researchers found.


 

Ketamine Safe for Endrotracheal Intubation (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 06/30/2009 - 16:30

CLEVELAND (MedPage Today) -- Ketamine, an old drug commonly used for induction of anesthesia, appears to be a safe and effective alternative to etomidate for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients.


 

Study: Old drugs might give TB a 1-2 punch

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 02/26/2009 - 13:00

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists might have found a way to deal drug-resistant tuberculosis a one-two punch using two old, safe antibiotics - and studies in ill patients could begin later this year....