Critical Care
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CDC Ebola vaccine trial underway in Sierra Leone
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Severe sepsis definition excluded at-risk patients
Key clinical point: Defining severe sepsis as meeting at least two SIRS criteria excluded patients with infection and organ failure, and did not...
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U.S. grants drug company $12 million to develop Ebola drug
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Condition of Ebola patient brought to U.S. worsens
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U.S. volunteer infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone
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Ebola-positive healthcare worker to be admitted to NIH
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Increase enoxaparin doses to prevent VTEs in trauma patients
Key clinical point: Enoxaparin at 30 mg twice daily isn’t adequate for preventing VTEs in trauma patients.
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Experimental vaccine may have worked on Ebola-exposed physician
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Ventilator driving pressure may predict mortality in ARDS
Key clinical point: One variable associated with mechanical ventilation – driving pressure – may predict mortality risk in acute respiratory...
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Accurate ID of nonsalvageable trauma patients improves trauma center performance metrics
Key clinical point: The ACS TQIP proxy definition of DOA should be used to exclude unsalvageable patients from peer-to-peer benchmarking and...