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SCCM Short Course of Antibiotics Insufficient for VAP Eight days of antimicrobial therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are not enough when the infecting pathogens are nonlactose-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012
Controversial Amendments Injected Into Florida Vaccine Bill Pharmacists descended on the state capitol Wednesday to support a bill sponsored by state Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, R-Miami, which would allow them to give shingles and pneumonia vaccines to seniors.
Kaiser Health News, February 1, 2012

Top 10 Critical Care Research Articles of 2011 Greg Martin, MD, offers his picks for top research articles of the past year.
Medscape Critical Care, January 17, 2012
The Curious Case of the Patient Who Was Killed by a Corpse Guess the patient, the corpse, and the diagnosis in another historical case from this popular series.
Medscape General Surgery, January 5, 2012

A Lumberjack Who Is Not OK
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 28, 2011
Best Use of Antibiotics for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Medscape Critical Care, December 12, 2011
Amal Mattu's 2011 Articles You've Gotta Know!
Medscape Emergency Medicine, November 23, 2011
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children
Medscape Pediatrics, November 17, 2011