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What's the ideal blood pressure target after ischemic stroke?
Blood pressure often rises during acute ischemic strokes, in what is widely held to be a natural protective mechanism: increased blood pressure pushes…
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CDC gives a nudge to hospitals on sepsis care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally called on hospitals to develop robust sepsis care programs to systematically identify and treat…
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Can remifentanil replace neuromuscular block for rapid sequence induction?
The ultra-short-acting opioid remifentanil could theoretically be a safer induction agent with less risk of aspiration than neuromuscular blockers like…
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The Latest in Critical Care, 6/26/23 (Issue #6)
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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/11/23 (Issue #14)
Can early mobility in the ICU improve cognitive outcomes? Intensive, early mobilization of patients in the ICU seems like it just has to help. Get…
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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/3/23 (Issue #13)
Pulse oximeters overestimated oxygen saturation in darker-skinned patients with Covid, causing treatment delays. It was a bit of a national and…
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The Latest in Critical Care, 8/28/23 (Issue #12)
New Covid variant BA.2.86 turns epidemiologists’ heads. It’s highly mutated (35 mutations on the spike protein; as big a change as Omicron relative to…
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The Latest in Critical Care, 8/21/23 (Issue #11)
High vs. low oxygenation targets in mechanically ventilated patients. Further evidence from the ICONIC trial suggests oxygenation that seems “good…
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Covid EG.5.1 or "Eris": Time to worry?
What is EG.5.1? Don’t worry about it. But what is it? There are many circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2; all are genomic subvariants of Omicron. EG.5.1…
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Should young men still be required to get vaccinated against Covid?
Between one in 3,000 and one in 20,000 healthy boys and men aged 12-24 vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 experienced myocarditis severe enough to require…
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The Latest in Critical Care, 7/31/23 (Issue #10)
New Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome As mentioned here previously, a group of U.S. and European…
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