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Contributors 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Caveat Evidence: Be a Discriminating Scrutinizer of Health Care Information 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Plasmapheresis in the Management of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Plasmapheresis can benefit a variety of critically ill patients. A woman with diabetic ketoacidosis and severe hypertriglyceridemia was treated with plasmapheresis when conventional treatments did not...
Supportive Therapy for a Patient With Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Undergoing Plasmapheresis 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
A patient with severe toxic epidermal necrolysis underwent 2 cycles of therapeutic plasma exchange and received specialized wound care for widespread skin damage of more than 80% of his body surface a...
Craniosynostosis: Caring for Infants and Their Families 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Craniosynostosis is a developmental anomaly with premature closure of the cranial sutures causing an abnormally shaped skull in an infant. Recommended surgical treatment involves cranial vault reconst...
Parents' Responses to Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Background Parents’ stress resulting from hospitalization of their infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) produces emotional and behavioral responses. The National Institutes of Health–spo...
Tales From the Sea: Critical Care Nurses Serving Aboard the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
During the springs and summers of 2009 to 2012, military and nongovernment organization nurses served side by side on hospital ships USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy to offer free humanitarian clinical ser...
