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Clinical Issues - Critical care

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ICU patients suffer symptoms silently

By the time a patient gets to the ICU, his symptoms aren't usually the focus of diagnostics or treatment. But that doesn't mean they aren't still bothering him. More

Diaries share, and help resolve, secrets of the ICU

Daily logs may help lower incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. More

Test yourself: Invasive procedures and complications

These cases and commentary, which address invasive procedures and complications, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15). More

Test yourself: Sepsis

These cases and commentary, which address sepsis, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15). More

On the alert for a quiet killer

Improving the early diagnosis of sepsis

Patients developing sepsis may go undiagnosed because the early symptoms can be subtle or suggest other disorders. More

Hypertensive emergencies

Not everyone with extremely high blood pressure meets the criteria. More

Effects of ICU stay linger long after discharge

A significant proportion of ICU survivors develop post-traumatic stress disorder, but physicians can take steps to reduce the risk and burden. More

Benefits of ICU telemedicine uncertain

Experimentation with telemedicine in ICUs has not quite lived up to expectations. More

Those pesky platelets

An expert hematologist explains how to recognize and treat heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. More

Thrombocytopenia

This case and commentary, which address thrombocytopenia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15). More

Spontaneous awakening trials

How to increase adherence in the ICU

Research is one thing, and practice quite another. It’s been nine years since a New England Journal of Medicine study showed ICU patients recover more quickly when their sedation medication is routinely stopped. It’s been over a year and a half since a Lancet study found that combining this practice, called spontaneous awakening trials, with spontaneous breathing trials further decreased patients’ time on mechanical ventilation and in the ICU. Yet a sizable number of hospitals still don’t do it. More

Test yourself

Sedation and ventilation

The following cases and commentary, which address sedation and ventilation, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14). More

Where’s the target?

Experts debate new glucose goals for the ICU

The NICE-SUGAR investigators’ finding that intensive control actually increased mortality among their more than 6,000 ICU patients will lead to a dramatic and rapid change in practice for hospitalists. More

Hospital-acquired hyponatremia: Why are patients still dying?

Two experts summarize best practices
February '09

Test yourself: Sepsis
August '08

For glucose control, balance is key
An expert offers tips on finding the right insulin combination.
July '08

Stopping clots in their tracks
An expert gives tips on when and how to use prophylaxis.
June '08

Plenary sessions, new research are highlights at 37th Critical Care Congress
May '08

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