Category: Critical Care Medicine
November 15, 2018 – Getting Out of the ICU
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Anchor lead: Using several strategies helps people reduce the likelihood they will develop delirium while in the ICU, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pain must be managed in those who are critically ill, a bundle of strategies called A-F for patient care …
November 14, 2018 – Avoiding ICU Delirium
August 22, 2018 – VTE and Transfusion
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Anchor lead: Blood transfusions increase someone’s risk for blood clots, but there are strategies in place to minimize risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood transfusions around the time of surgery increase someone’s risk of aberrant blood clots twofold, a study by …
August 21, 2018 – Transfusions and Clots
July 20, 2018 – Doing Good
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Anchor lead: Why should a promising treatment for sepsis be studied more? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis is a killer. This overwhelming infection is implicated in one in three deaths in the hospital, CDC data indicate, with one recent study touting …
July 19, 2018 – Vitamin C and Sepsis
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Anchor lead: Why would vitamin C be important in treating sepsis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis, an overwhelming infection and inflammation that is the third leading cause of death, may respond to use of three drugs: vitamin C, thiamine, and steroids. …