VUMC Burn Manual

• Applied Nutrition in ICU Patients
  
  

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• 12/23/04 Preoperative cardiac evaluation
  
  
• 12/23/04 ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery
  
  
• Acute Thromboembolism Evolution
  
  
• Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
  
  
• Diagnosis and Management of Venous Thromboembolic Disease
  
  
• Warfarin Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism
  
  
• CT Scan Negative for Pulmonary Embolism: Where Do We Go from Here?1
  
  

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• Correlation of Bronchoalveolar Lavage with Radiographic Evidence of Pneumonia in Thermally Injured Children
  
  
• Diagnosis and Management of Suspected Pneumonia in Ventilated Patients
  
  
• Modulation of Inflammatory and Catabolic Responses in Severely Burned Children
  
  
• Evolving Treatment in a Decade of Pediatric Burn Care
  
  

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• Glucose Control and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
  
  
• The Effect of CAPE on Lipid Peroxidation and Nitric Oxide levels
  
  
• (New)Parenteral L-alanyl-L-glutamine improves 6-month outcome in critically ill patients
  
  

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• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
  
  
• Patient safety: Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
  
  
• Bacteremia Treatment Guidelines
  
  
• (New) Low Dose Steriods in Treatment of Sepsis
  
  

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• Diuretics, Mortality and Nonrecovery of Renal Function in ARF
  
  
• The Long-Term Effect of Oxandrolone on Hepatic Acute Phase Proteins in Severely Burned Children
  
  

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• Esophageal Doppler Versus Pulmonary Artery Catheter
  
  
• Use of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients
  
  

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• Blood Transfusions in Critically Ill Patients
  
  
• Should Patients in ICUs Receive Erythropoietin?
  
  
• Efficacy of EPO in Critically Ill Patients
  
  

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• Short-Term Propofol Infusion as an Adjunct to Extubation in Burned Children
  
  
• Experience with a Clinical Guideline for the Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  
  

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• Child Abuse by Burning
  
  
• Hydroflouric Acid Burns
  
  
• Management of Partial Thickness Facial Burns
  
  
• Early One-Stage Closure in Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
  
  
• Child Abuse by Burning: A Review of the Literature and an Algorithm for Medical Investigations
  
  
• Comparison of effects of amphotericin B infused over 4 or 24 hours
  
  
• Safety and toxicity of amphotericin B in glucose 5% or intralipid 20% in neutropenic patients with pneumonia or fever of unknown origin
  
  
• APRV Basics