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TAME Trial: Mild Hypercapnia vs Normocapnia in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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With that said, it’s important to note that narrow population consisted of patients who had a witnessed cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm and bystander CPR performed. Thus the results of this trial may not be generalizable to unwitnessed cardiac arrest with non-shockable rhythms and/or a lack of bystander CPR. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

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It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. Published 2021 Jun 24. Smoking is a known risk factor, as is cannabis use [2,5, 7-8]. Respir Med.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 3/11/24 (Issue #33)

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About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. The results: The added palliative care did not result in any significant improvement in length of stay, in-hospital mortality, reduced ICU transfers, ICU mortality, use of CPR or mechanical ventilation.

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