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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

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1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. 3, 4 It is the most common nosocomial infection in patients on mechanical ventilation, and one of the leading causes of nosocomial infection among all patients in the ICU. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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The RAMPP Trial: Randomised Ambulatory Management of Primary Pneumothorax

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However, management continues to be debated and may lead to unnecessary hospitalization. PMID: 32622394 Clinical Question: Can ambulatory management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax reduce the length of hospitalization? Often patients are otherwise young and healthy. Paper: Hallifax RJ et al. 2020;396(10243):39-49.