Warfarin therapy and pharmacogenomics: A step toward personalized medicine
How genetic testing ensures that patients start warfarin therapy at their personal-best doses.
Cardiology
Take Note – August 2007
Good news for younger women taking estrogen Estrogen therapy may have cardioprotective effects for women who start taking it in their 50s. A study…
Halting postpartum hemorrhage
When excessive blood loss during delivery threatens a mother’s life, quick assessment, effective interventions, and expert aid from the rapid response team maneuver her…
Persevering against pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Despite recent gains in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, a cure is a long way off. Diagnosis and therapy can be tricky, and prognosis remains…
Take Note – July 2007
On-line video-based course on emergency preparedness The need for better coordination between governmental agencies and hospitals became apparent after 9/11 and again after Hurricane…
Vascular closure devices: What you know can prevent serious complications
Your knowledge and your patient teaching can be the difference between a quick recovery and a serious complication.
Keeping cardiac arrest patients alive with therapeutic hypothermia
Create a protocol for this lifesaving intervention at your facility.
When all signs point to long QT syndrome
A patient’s brief loss of consciousness leads to discovery of long QT syndrome. By thinking fast and making all the right moves, you can…
PA catheter controversy
Standard of care in the ICU – or object of overuse, abuse, and misuse? The authors explain why they believe PA catheter use may…
BNP: Rapid detector of heart failure
In an emergency, this blood test can detect heart failure rapidly and reliably.
Blood transfusions: How technology can improve patient safety
Testing a prototype identification system leads to 100% acuracy.
Warfarin therapy and pharmacogenomics: A step toward personalized medicine
How genetic testing ensures that patients start warfarin therapy at their personal-best doses.
Take Note – August 2007
Good news for younger women taking estrogen Estrogen therapy may have cardioprotective effects for women who start taking it in their 50s.…
Halting postpartum hemorrhage
When excessive blood loss during delivery threatens a mother’s life, quick assessment, effective interventions, and expert aid from the rapid response team…
Persevering against pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Despite recent gains in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, a cure is a long way off. Diagnosis and therapy can be tricky, and…
Take Note – July 2007
On-line video-based course on emergency preparedness The need for better coordination between governmental agencies and hospitals became apparent after 9/11 and again…
Vascular closure devices: What you know can prevent serious complications
Your knowledge and your patient teaching can be the difference between a quick recovery and a serious complication.
Keeping cardiac arrest patients alive with therapeutic hypothermia
Create a protocol for this lifesaving intervention at your facility.
When all signs point to long QT syndrome
A patient’s brief loss of consciousness leads to discovery of long QT syndrome. By thinking fast and making all the right moves,…
PA catheter controversy
Standard of care in the ICU – or object of overuse, abuse, and misuse? The authors explain why they believe PA catheter…
BNP: Rapid detector of heart failure
In an emergency, this blood test can detect heart failure rapidly and reliably.
Blood transfusions: How technology can improve patient safety
Testing a prototype identification system leads to 100% acuracy.
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