Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia - Cochrane ...
Sep 1, 2020 - For adults hospitalized with severe CAP, the use of corticosteroids may reduce the likelihood of mortality.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0901/p272.html
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2020 - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that manifests as rapidly progressive dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxemia. Diagnostic criteria include onset within one week of a known insult or new or worsening respiratory symptoms, profound hypoxemia, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/p730.html
Therapies for COPD Exacerbations in Adults - Implementing AHRQ Effective Health Care ...
May 1, 2020 - What are the benefits and harms of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults?
American Family Physician : Implementing AHRQ Effective Health Care Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0501/p557.html
Liberal vs. Conservative Oxygen Therapy in the Acutely Ill - Medicine by the Numbers - ...
Jan 1, 2019 - This review compares liberal and conservative oxygen therapy in acutely ill adults and their effect on mortality (in-hospital, 30-day, and longest follow-up) and morbidity (disability at longest follow-up, risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia, any hospital-acquired infection, and length ...
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0101/od1.html
Deep Venous Thrombosis: Home vs. Inpatient Treatment - Cochrane for Clinicians - ...
Dec 1, 2018 - Patients treated at home with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) have lower rates of recurrent VTE than those treated in a hospital.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/1201/p642.html
Incidental Findings Are Common with Chest CT and MRI of the Spine and Brain - POEMs - ...
Dec 1, 2018 - The risks of imaging, in addition to radiation exposure, include the identification of incidentalomas, which can lead to patient anxiety, further testing, and overtreatment. There is little research to guide what to do when they pop up on an imaging report (as the famous dodge clinical ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/1201/p682.html
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