Critical Care

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• Respironics Announces Offer for Profile Therapeutics

• Specialized Care Cuts Costs for Elderly Heart Patients

• ICDs Shown to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death

• Monitoring System Transmits ICD Data by Phone

• ICU Patients May Have Undiagnosed DVT

• Clinical Information System Reduces Medical Errors

• Experts Warn of Asthma Epidemic

• New Way to Treat Chronic Pain Shows Promise

• Alliance to Create a Monitoring Communications Link

• Vaccine Reduces Rates of Pneumococcal Infection

• Anticogulant Prevents Stillbirth in Pregnant Women

• Mobile Pulse-Monitoring Solution

• Blocking Nitric Oxide May Prevent Vascular Spasm

• Therapeutic Shows Promise for Asthma

• China Reports Nine Possible Cases of SARS

• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Recalled

• Two-Screen Monitor for Perioperative Care

• Studies Show Utility of Capnography

• Orlando to Host International Meeting of Thoracic Society

• Risk of Preelcampsia Linked to Body Fat

• 20% of Terminally Ill Die in ICU

• Sustained Release Opioid Found Safe for the Elderly

• Too Many Breaths During CPR Linked to Poor Outcome