In this study in Shock, our group suggested that certain echocardiographic parameters may be associated with a positive response to administration of intravenous saline solutions in patients with life-threatening infection, even when patients are breathing on their own. (Prior work had been restricted to patients on the mechanical respirator, not breathing on their own.)
    
Samuel Brown—physician leader, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Professor of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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