Tamar F. Barlam, M.D.; Dennis L. Kasper, M.D. AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill. 2008; ©2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies – Posted 01/12/2009 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major nosocomial infection that results in significant morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Most strategies to reduce VAP attempt to decrease rates of colonization of the aerodigestive tract and aspiration of [...]
Paul M. Fenton, FFARCSI, DTM & H Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med. 2008;10(2):82-89. ©2008 Blackwell Publishing – Posted 12/02/2008 Death from acute blood loss is a common event in many parts of the world. Most of the half-million-plus maternal deaths worldwide are due to postpartum hemorrhage. While a state of general nonreportage exists in under-resourced countries, [...]
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Sharmeen Lotia, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA; Mark C. Bellamy, MBBS, MA, FRCA Cont Edu Anaesth Crit Care & Pain. 2008;8(5):151-156. ©2008 Oxford University Press – Posted 10/07/2008 The prevalence of morbid obesity is increasing in the UK. Recent UK government statistics suggest that 20% of adults are obese and 1% morbidly obese. Anaesthesia and surgery may [...]
Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Targeting blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting concentrations was associated with better short-term outcome of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to the results of a prospective, randomized controlled study reported online January 27 in The Lancet.
