Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

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Syncope from a twiddled ICD

Author:: Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

Publish date: February 1, 2015

A patient playing (“twiddling”) with his or her implanted cardioverter-defibrillator can dislodge the lead.

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies

Author:: Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

Publish date: November 1, 2014

A review of the new definition of this disease and new important studies of ventilatory and nonventilatory therapies.

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Changes to practice may help avoid ‘double trouble’

Author:: Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2014

When draining large effusions, take precautions to prevent pneumothorax and reexpansion pulmonary edema.

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Alternative modes of mechanical ventilation: A review for the hospitalist

Author:: Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2009

Newer ventilators can be set to modes other than the pressure-control and volume-control modes of older machines. We review how they work and contr...