Testing New Treatments For Severe H1N1 Infection

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170696.php

"Quick 'bench-to-bedside' clinical trial would enroll 1,400 influenza patients to test corticosteroids and statins as potential treatments

An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.

While front-line health care workers and infectious disease experts around the world are working round the clock to control, treat and prevent H1N1 infection, those who deal with the most severely ill patients - physicians working in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) - have joined forces to develop a more coordinated, long-term approach to H1N1.

In a commentary published in the medical journal the Lancet, St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. John Marshall describes this unprecedented initiative, which is called the International Forum for Acute Care Trialists (InFACT) H1N1 Collaboration. While the coalition against H1N1 is led by Canadians, dozens of groups whose members are involved in the care of critically ill influenza patients from every continent on the planet have already signed on.

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I'm not sure why such initiatives haven't been put in place before, but...

[chill_wind]

1. K & R! n/t