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A Losartan Dream for COPD

Critical Care Now

The Pre-brief Working in a Pulmonary Function Lab plus providing in-patient care within the hospital, I see patients every day that have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These patients frequently ask if they can be cured of COPD. COPD continues to be a problem for many adults.

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Cancelled by Medscape

Sensible Medicine

But, can consideration of funding source blind us to important research and opinions? We discussed improvements in asthma , COPD , vascular function , and hypertension in smokers who had switched to vaping, and reported on vaping’s demonstrated superiority as a cessation method in randomized controlled trials and a large review study.

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A Brilliant Comment Makes the Study of the Week

Sensible Medicine

On yesterday’s podcast , I talked with Bobby Yeh, an academic cardiologist who made a compelling case for enhancing credibility of observational research. The reasons are multiple, but I will articulate a few: Most epidemiological studies are done from large data sets that are not collected for the purpose of research.

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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

RebelEM

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. to −0.66) and −1.66 (95% CI −2.09 to −0.78) and -1.97 (95% CI −2.70

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The Latest In Critical Care, 9/23/24 (#57)

PulmCCM

Links: Ekström M et al; REDOX Collaborative Research Group. Report of the Medical Research Council Working Party. Daily duration of long-term oxygen therapy and risk of hospitalization in oxygen-dependent COPD patients. Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for 24 or 15 Hours per Day in Severe Hypoxemia. N Engl J Med. Epub 2024 Sep 10.

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ToxCard: Anticholinergic Plant Toxicity

EMDocs

7,10 Contraindications include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), genitourinary or gastrointestinal obstruction, or if there is suspected or confirmed tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose. BMC Research Notes. Physostigmine does not reverse seizures or dysrhythmias. 9 Physostigmine dosing: 0.5-2 2007;37:77-84.

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Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly simple

Sensible Medicine

This is where we get into all the terms you see in research papers: p-values, and confidence intervals (typically 95%) – and in the media - margin of error. Inferential statistics actually do NOT help us test a research hypothesis about whether an intervention worked or not. This is the null hypothesis (no effect).

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