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In a Clinical Practice Guideline published online Oct. 20 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Recommendations for Ventilator Liberation in Hospitalized Adults

Four recommendations developed for acutely hospitalized adults ventilated for >24 hours
Even young

Even Young Blood Vessels Can Be Damaged by Air Pollution

Utah study suggests elderly and ill aren't the only ones harmed by poor air quality
Adherence to performance measures is similar at teaching hospitals and nonteaching hospitals

Heart Failure Care Up, Regardless of Hospital Teaching Status

GWTG-HF shows similar adherence to performance measures at teaching, nonteaching hospitals
Patients searching for prices on imaging services and sleep studies choose health care facilities with lower prices

Searching for Price Info Affects Choice of Health Care Facility

Patients who viewed price estimates chose health care facilities with lower relative price estimates
It may be safe to switch from broad- to narrow-spectrum antibiotic coverage once hospitalized patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia reach clinical stability

Narrow-Spectrum Abx Feasible in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

Findings among clinically stable inpatients with healthcare-associated pneumonia
Clinicians are cautiously supportive of an electronic portal to enhance communication in the intensive care unit

ICU Clinicians Cautiously Support Electronic Portals

Focus groups assess perspectives of ICU clinicians on current state of communication
Nearly one-third of cancer deaths among Americans aged 35 or older are caused by smoking

Smoking Still Responsible for Many U.S. Cancer Deaths

Linked to close to one-third of fatal cancers in patients 35 and older
Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) does not improve reported health status during the year following acute myocardial infarction; however

Cardiac Rehabilitation Does Not Up Health Status After AMI

However, participation did confer a significant survival benefit
From 1999 to 2014 the numbers of deaths

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths Down 1999 to 2014

Additional study needed to demonstrate the efficacy of residential CO alarms
For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Angina Pectoris Linked to Worse HRQoL in Heart Failure

Depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life were worse for patients with angina pectoris