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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient

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Many clinicians don’t consider IO placement while others consider it a last resort or only a pre-hospital procedure. Intraosseous versus central venous catheter utilization and performance during inpatient medical emergencies. 2012 PMID: 21893125. Crit Care Med. 2015 PMID: 25768683 8 Leidel BA. Resuscitation. 9 Zhang W et al.

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7d vs 14d of Antibiotics in Afebrile Men with UTI

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Conducted at 2 US Veterans Affairs medical centers from 2012–2019. PMID 34313686 Clinical Question: Are seven days of antibiotics noninferior to 14 days in afebrile men with presumed UTIs? What They Did Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority study.

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