PRACTICE Page 1 COMPETENT NOVICE Early management of acutely ill ward patients How
junior doctors can develop a systematic approach to managing patients with acute illness in …

We read with interest the recent study by Panchabhai et al in CHEST (May 2009), 1 which
examined the impact of twice-daily cleansing with 0.2% chlorhexidine on the development of …

We appreciate the interest of Wise and colleagues in our recent paper and agree with their
helpful comments. We did not mention the possible contribution of physical dental plaque …

Combination therapy with two antimicrobial agents is superior to monotherapy in severe
community-acquired pneumonia, and recent data suggest that addition of a macrolide as the …

In a recent editorial in Critical Care, Monnet and Teboul emphasize the value of passive leg
raising (PLR) as a reliable bedside indicator of fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients …

Finney and colleagues'1 recent editorial discussed the results of the UK-based CESAR trial,
2 which investigated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in severe hypoxic …

Managing sudden death in hospital Page 1 THE COMPETENT NOVICE Managing sudden death
in hospital Junior doctors play an important role in verifying sudden deaths in hospital and …

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Now we can see the impact of this cross-directional profile on the actual product variability in
Control Limit Comparison. The X-Bar control limit range clearly is too wide due to the …

A key message of Osawa and Singh's review of cytomegalovirus infection in critically ill
patients is that the infection occurred in 25% of patients and was associated with worse …