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Noninvasive ventilation: practical advice.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This critical review discusses the key points that would be of practical help for the clinician who applies noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). RECENT FINDINGS In recent years, the growing role of NIV in the acute care setting has led to the development of technical innovations to overcome the problems related to gas ...

Quantitative Dengue Test: Is it Practical for Clinical Practice?

Is Conflicted Investment Advice Better than No Advice?

The value that brokers generate depends on both the quality of their investment recommendations and their clients’ counterfactual portfolios. To identify counterfactual portfolios inside a defined contribution retirement plan, we exploit time-series variation in access to brokers. When brokers are available, the correlations with age, income, and educational attainment suggest that brokers are ...

Practical Advice for Emergency IUD Contraception in Young Women

Too few women are aware of the very high efficacy of intrauterine copper devices (IUDs) to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. Women who frequently engage in unprotected intercourse or seek emergency contraception (EC) are at high risk of unplanned pregnancy and possible abortion. It is therefore important that these women receive precise and accurate information about intrauterine...

Section 1 : Practical Advice for Contingency Tables in SPSS