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How Can Pharmaconutrition Benefit Patients in the ICU?
According to research presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2009 Critical Care Congress, nutritional supplements can have a positive therapeutic impact on patient outcomes in the ICU.

Selected Articles

• What Lies Ahead for Portable Monitoring of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
• Using Cuffed or Uncuffed Endotracheal Tubes in Chldren Raises Questions
• Source and Timing May Influence Sepsis Monotherapy or Combination Therapy
• Steroids May Prevent Extubation Failure in Children—Or May Not Be Necessary
• Mechanical Ventilation: Which One Counts More, Volume or Pressure?

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Improving Health Care Is a Team Effort
Challenges in health care delivery and steps to overcome some of these barriers were discussed at the 38th Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Selected Articles

• Immune Markers May Predict Nosocomial Sepsis in Critically Injured Children
• Low Rates of Femoral Catheter Infections Identified in the Pediatric ICU
• Resistant Organisms May Be a Major Cause of Severe Pneumonia
• Can Statins Play a Role in Sepsis-Related Mortality?
• Thiamine Deficiency Underrecognized in Sepsis Patients