Critical Care
News
Here’s what ICUs are putting up against COVID-19
Society of Critical Care Medicine takes inventory of the nation’s resources.
News
Lombardy ICU capacity stressed to breaking point by COVID-19 outbreak
Perspectives
Internist reports from COVID-19 front lines near Seattle
KENT, WASHINGTON – Dr. Elisabeth Poorman’s clinic has decided to convert all COVID-19 cases with symptoms into...
Conference Coverage
Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure...
Conference Coverage
Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings
ORLANDO – Attempted suicide has represented an increasingly large proportion of these severe poisonings.
CE/CME
Click for Credit: PPI use & dementia; Weight loss after gastroplasty; more
Topics include: Weight loss after gastroplasty • PT vs steroids for OA • Pregnancy-related death • PPI use & dementia • Biomarkers for CV...
Conference Coverage
Previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis show increased mortality
WASHINGTON – U.S. patients hospitalized with community-acquired sepsis had higher mortality when they had no other comorbidities.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves rivaroxaban for VTE prevention in hospitalized, acutely ill patients
The latest approval is based on results from the phase 3 MAGELLAN and MARINER trials, which included more than 20,000 patients.
Conference Coverage
MRI saves money, better than CT in acute stroke
ST. LOUIS – The annual savings from skipping CT in favor of MRI for patients with suspected stroke would offset the cost of round-the-clock MRI...
News
Firearm-related deaths show recent increase
Mortality from suicides and homicides began to rise in 2015.