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Do ED-Based ICUs Make a Difference?
Over the past decade, the annual hours of critical care delivered in US emergency departments has sharply risen. Undoubtedly, many critically ill patients remain...
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Updates in Post-Arrest Care
Over 500,000 patients suffer sudden cardiac arrest each year in the United States. Though survival rates are improving, there remains significant variation in outcomes...
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Resuscitating The Critically Ill Geriatric Patient
The World’s population is aging. By 2030, 20 percent of the US population will be over the age of 65 years. Older patients have...
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Critically Ill Patients with Vibrio Infection
With increasing water temperatures, there is a rise in the incidence of V.vulnificus infections in non-endemic regions. Patients with V.vulnificus infection are often critically...
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Anticoagulation Reversal for ICH
ICH accounts for approximately 15 percent of all strokes. Despite improvements in neurocritical care, the mortality for patients with ICH can still reach 50...
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Early Post-Cardiac Arrest Catheterization - The COACT Trial
A critical component to post-arrest care for the patient with ROSC following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is early coronary angiography. Current guidelines recommend immediate cardiac...