Evidence-based recommendations regarding treatment with red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care are reviewed for critical care practitioners. Medscape Medical News
The finding that serum albumin level is an independent predictor of AKI and death following AKI may open up new avenues for research and treatment. Medscape Critical Care
A prospective cohort study suggests that routine use of chest radiography for children with wheezing but without fever should be discouraged. Medscape Medical News
Increases in overdoses were reported among illicit drug users in 6 states in 2006. Nonpharmaceutical fentanyl (NPF) was the source of some overdoses. How many NPF-related deaths occurred from 2005-07? Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Topotecan by convection-enhanced delivery appears to offer antitumor activity while circumventing systemic toxicity, report researchers. Medscape Medical News