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Clopidogrel in Infants with Systemic-to-Pulmonary-Artery Shunts 8 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
Medications approved for adults often have additional uses in pediatric patients. Such is the case -- as described by Wessel and colleagues -- for clopidogrel, an agent that blocks the P2Y12 component...
HES Solutions Warrant Additional Box Warning 8 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found data that indicate an increased risk of mortality and renal injury requiring renal replacement therapy in critically ill adult patients treated wi...
Critical Connections Features Congress Review 8 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
The June/July issue of Critical Connections features review articles from the 42nd Critical Care Congress: Surviving Sepsis Campaign: 2012 Guidelines Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: Improving the Future...
Discounted Rates for Adult MCCBRC Ends Soon 8 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
Discounted registration rates for the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) upcoming Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course (MCCBRC) are only available until Wednesday, July 17...
Webcast Will Explore the Impact of Coding for Sepsis 8 Jul 2013 | 06:38 pm
Coding for severe sepsis and septic shock is a complex, highly nuanced skill that has wide implications for generating data to support the effort to reduce mortality from sepsis. Too often, coding is ...
Prone Positioning Found to Improve Survival in Severe ARDS 24 Jun 2013 | 06:25 pm
In two meta-analyses and one previous observational study, prone positioning was associated with improved survival for patients with severely hypoxemic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Howe...
Has Your Team Improved Family-Centered Care in the ICU? 24 Jun 2013 | 06:25 pm
Are you part of an intensive care unit team that not only commits itself to securing the highest quality care for its patients but also shows compassion toward each patient's family in innovative ways...
Sessions on Delirium, Nutrition and More Added to LearnICU.org 24 Jun 2013 | 06:24 pm
Several videos featuring the industry-supported sessions from the Society's Critical Care Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are now available free of charge at LearnICU.org. Access these presentation...
Participate in an International Study on Mechanical Ventilation 24 Jun 2013 | 06:24 pm
The International Observational Study Investigators are looking at mechanical ventilation (MV) discontinuation practices internationally in intensive care units (ICU). The goal of the study is to char...
Webcast on GRADE Methodology for SSC Guidelines 24 Jun 2013 | 06:24 pm
The Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology is based on a sequential assessment of the quality of evidence, followed by the benefits, risks, burden, and c...
