Clinical Outcomes Associated With Procalcitonin Algorithms

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SYNOPSIS
Clinical Outcomes
Associated With
Procalcitonin Algorithms
to Guide Antibiotic
Therapy in Respiratory
Tract Infections ......................... 717
P. SCHUETZ, M. BRIEL, B. MUELLER
Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis:
Time for a New Approach ..................................................................................... 663
P. W. DE LEEUW, C. T. POSTMA, A. A. KROON
Policy Responses to Demand for Health Care Access:
From the Individual to the Population ............................................................. 665
K. D. VICKERY, K. SAUSER, M. M. DAVIS
Realigning Reimbursement Policy and Financial Incentives
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K. MUNJAL, B. CARR
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Z. ZHANG; B. M. FULLER,
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Evaluating Other Diseases
With Computed Tomographic
Screening for Lung Cancer
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CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
Effect of Pressure Support vs Unassisted Breathing Through
a Tracheostomy Collar on Weaning Duration in Patients
Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Trial ........... 671
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Association of Hydroxyethyl Starch Administration With Mortality
and Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients Requiring
Volume Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis ................ 678
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Research Letter .......................... 657
Robotically Assisted vs Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Among
Women With Benign Gynecologic Disease .................................................... 689
Pharmaceutical Overdose
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C. M. JONES, K. A. MACK,
L. J. PAULOZZI
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
J. D. WRIGHT, C. V. ANANTH, S. N. LEWIN, AND COAUTHORS
PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION
Association Between Telomere Length and Experimentally Induced
Upper Respiratory Viral Infection in Healthy Adults ................................... 699
S. COHEN, D. JANICKI-DEVERTS, R. B. TURNER, AND COAUTHORS
EDITORIALS
Generating Evidence on Best Practice
in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals ................................................................... 719
J. M. KAHN, S. S. CARSON
129 Years of
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Comparative Effectiveness Research on Robotic Surgery
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February 20, 2013, Vol 309, No. 7
Pages 623-734
EDITORIAL
Hydroxyethyl Starch for Intravenous Volume Replacement:
More Harm Than Benefit .....................................................................................
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FDA Warning: Driving May Be Impaired the Morning Following Sleeping Pill Use
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Veterans’ Complex Chronic Illness Requires Personalized Care, Says IOM
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Initiatives Focus on Limiting Radiation Exposure to Patients During CT Scans
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Anti-Polio Campaign Reboot
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Tobacco Smoke and Dementia
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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
The Central Nervous System
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Post-Soviet Reform of Mental Health Services
Mumps Outbreak on a University Campus—California, 2011
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