Critical Care
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Viral reactivation common in septic patients, study finds
Key clinical point: Reactivation of latent viruses may underlie the development of sepsis in critically ill patients and contribute to their death...
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Seven percent of patients with life-threatening skin reactions have another episode
Key clinical point: Recurrence may be linked to genetic susceptibility and/or drug exposure; thus the benefits of drug therapy for SJS or TEN...
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Traditional scoring tool limps as VAP screen in surgical ICU study
Key clinical point: The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) was less useful than other variables, such as a new chest x-ray infiltrate or...
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VIDEO: In SYMPLICITY, operator inexperience produced incomplete ablations
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Ottawa headache rule passes muster
Key clinical point: The freshly tweaked and prospectively validated Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule will sharply reduce the 5% rate at which...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: PTSD common in survivors of critical illness
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VIDEO: It's time to focus on less severe sepsis
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PTSD symptoms a common complication of critical illness
Key clinical point: PTSD symptoms affect 25% or more of patients up to a year after a critical illness.Major finding: Among 429 survivors of...
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Delayed intervention can reduce TEVAR complications in acute type B dissections
Key clinical point: Delayed intervention appears to lower the risk of complications of TEVAR for aortic dissection in patients who are stable...
Conference Coverage
Statins don’t help, may harm in COPD, sepsis-associated ARDS
Key clinical point: Statins did not help, and possibly harmed, patients with moderate to severe COPD or sepsis-associated acute respiratory...