Critical Care
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β Anthony Fauci, MD, sits down with Jeremy Faust, MD, to discuss his new memoir
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"Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology
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"Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology
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Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit
An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices
Three regimens compared head-to-head among abundant choices
Monoclonal antibody also reduced PICU admissions, need for ventilatory support
But definitive proof on timing of procedures still lacking
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Smaller releases of troponin, CK-MB still associated with periprocedural heart injury
Benefit limited to patients with severe illness or elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations
At-risk older adults should be screened, referred early for rehabilitation, researcher urges
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ACIP also votes to recommend new pneumococcal vaccine for adults
Most cases were mild, and age was a predictor of disease
A conversation on living with cystic fibrosis and the threat of antimicrobial resistance
