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Although the initial page would have benefited from a search engine, I did find a medical and a pharmacology glossary, which provide an impressive list of definitions. I next explored the ICU Medical Information section, and was pleased to find that most topics offered reasonable explanations, and issues such as patient discomfort, and duration and possible complications of treatments were included. There was some discrepancy noted in the depth of coverage of the topics (e.g. delirium as compared with diabetes). In the anaemia section there was an overemphasis on erythropoietin and its use for ICU-related anemia. (The latter topic referenced Ortho Biotec Inc. among its links, which might represent a conflict of interest.) Another strength of this site is its broad coverage of topics, including legal rights of the patient, living wills, ‘do not resuscitate’ orders, advanced directives and life after the ICU.
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