Is external jugular vein cannulation feasible in emergency care? A randomised study in open heart surgery patients. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Laboratory investigation of thrombophilia: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Clostridium difficile is associated with poor outcomes in patients with cirrhosis: A national and tertiary center perspective. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Prospective multicentre systematic guideline-based management of patients referred to the Syncope Units of general hospitals. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
The nuts and bolts of subcutaneous insulin therapy in non-critical care hospital settings. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Tight glycaemic control: clinical implementation of protocols. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Prevention of torsade de pointes in hospital settings a scientific statement from the american heart association and the american college of cardiology foundation endorsed by the american association of critical-care nurses and the international society for computerized electrocardiology. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Triage After Hospitalization With Advanced Heart Failure The ESCAPE (Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness) Risk Model and Discharge Score. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Hand Hygiene Noncompliance and the Cost of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Excess Costs and Utilization Associated with Methicillin Resistance for Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Effect of Anemia in High-Risk Groups of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Acute kidney injury in sickle patients with painful crisis or acute chest syndrome and its relation to pulmonary hypertension. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Cerebral Spinal Fluid Penetration of Tigecycline in a Patient with Acinetobacter baumannii Cerebritis (March). Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Surgical Masks for Protection of Health Care Personnel against Pandemic Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1)-2009: Results from an Observational Study. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Patient Satisfaction and Its Relationship With Clinical Quality and Inpatient Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Proposed changes to management of lower respiratory tract infections in response to the Clostridium difficile epidemic. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Relative hyperlactatemia and hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a retrospective multi-centre study. Categories: Posted on February 28, 2010
Clinical Trial: High-dose furosemide plus small-volume hypertonic saline solutions vs. repeated paracentesis as treatment of refractory ascites. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
New developments in the preoperative evaluation and perioperative management of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing vascular surgery. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Management of bleeding and of invasive procedures in patients with platelet disorders and/or thrombocytopenia: Guidelines of the Italian Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET). Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: Guidelines of the Italian Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET). Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Medication errors: problems and recommendations from a consensus meeting. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Variation in physician deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis attitudes and practices at an academic tertiary care center. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Comanagement of hospitalized surgical patients by medicine physicians in the United States. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Hospital cost of care, quality of care, and readmission rates: penny wise and pound foolish? Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Pneumothorax Following Thoracentesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Validation of the American Thoracic Society-Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
A Time-Series Analysis of Clostridium difficile and Its Seasonal Association with Influenza. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Long-acting Beta-Agonists with and without Inhaled Corticosteroids and Catastrophic Asthma Events. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
The efficacy and safety of proton pump inhibitors vs histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer bleeding prophylaxis among critical care patients: A meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Characterisation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from hospitalised patients at a tertiary centre over a seven-year period. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
The Risk of Thromboembolism and Need for Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
The ROSE (Risk Stratification of Syncope in the Emergency Department) Study. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
The Absence of Coronary Calcification Does Not Exclude Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease or the Need for Revascularization in Patients Referred for Conventional Coronary Angiography. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Application of a decision rule and a D-dimer assay in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Association between hypernatraemia acquired in the ICU and mortality: a cohort study. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Tolvaptan: a new tool for the effective treatment of hyponatremia in psychotic disorders. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Physical examination for lumbar radiculopathy due to disc herniation in patients with low-back pain. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who work with the elderly. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
WITHDRAWN: Heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in general medical patients (excluding stroke and myocardial infarction). Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Mucolytic agents for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on February 24, 2010
Growth-Differentiation Factor-15 for Long-Term Risk Prediction in Patients Stabilized After an Episode of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. Categories: Posted on February 18, 2010
Role of transcatheter arterial embolization for massive bleeding from gastroduodenal ulcers. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Prediction of mortality in acute pancreatitis: a systematic review of the published evidence. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
The fascination with probiotics for Clostridium difficile infection: lack of evidence for prophylactic or therapeutic efficacy. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Evidence-based review of probiotics for antibiotic-associated diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infections. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common identified cause of cellulitis: a systematic review. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in a High HIV prevalence setting. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Tracheostomy patients on the ward: multiple benefits from a multidisciplinary team? Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Meta-analysis: Effect of Interactive Communication Between Collaborating Primary Care Physicians and Specialists. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Superficial Venous Thrombosis and Venous Thromboembolism: A Large, Prospective Epidemiologic Study. Categories: Posted on February 17, 2010
Treatment of Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction An Inconvenient Truth! Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Routine use of fondaparinux in acute coronary syndromes: A 2-year multicenter experience. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Randomized comparison between clinical evaluation plus N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide versus exercise testing for decision making in acute chest pain of uncertain origin. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Healthcare personnel and nosocomial transmission of pandemic 2009 influenza. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Helmet CPAP versus oxygen therapy to improve oxygenation in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Bacterial community-acquired pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Impact of active surveillance on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and hospital resource utilisation. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Four country healthcare-associated infection prevalence survey: pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Clean Hands for Life: results of a large, multicentre, multifaceted, social marketing hand-hygiene campaign. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
Economic healthcare costs of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review. Categories: Posted on February 16, 2010
A multicenter, randomized trial of noninvasive ventilation with helium-oxygen mixture in exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
The impact of mobile handheld technology on hospital physicians’ work practices and patient care: a systematic review. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Incidence of adverse drug events and medication errors in intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Misleading one detail: a preventable mode of diagnostic error? Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
The use of D-dimer in specific clinical conditions: a narrative review. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
The effect of adverse medical events on spending on inpatient care. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Predictive factors for all-cause mortality in the hospitalized elderly subject: the importance of arrhythmia. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
D-dimers, thrombin-antithrombin complexes, and risk factors for thromboembolism in hospitalized patient. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Early discharge care with ongoing follow-up support may reduce hospital readmissions in COPD. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria isolated from older versus younger hospitalized adults: results of a two-centre study. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis Following a Single Negative Whole-Leg Compression Ultrasound: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Determinants of Cardiac Catheterization Use in Older Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Costs of inpatient care among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2001 to 2004. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
A Validated Risk Score for In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure From the American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines Program. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Multi-screen electronic alerts to augment venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Categories: Posted on February 15, 2010
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
CURVES: A Mnemonic for Determining Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Providing Emergency Treatment in the Acute Setting. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy and its differential diagnosis. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
Predictors of Outcomes in Medically Treated Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes After Angiographic Triage. An Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) Substudy. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
Current indications and role of surgery in the management of sigmoid diverticulitis. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
The course of nonspecific chest pain in primary care: symptom persistence and health care usage. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010
Prevention of Torsade de Pointes in Hospital Settings. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Categories: Posted on February 13, 2010