INTRODUCTION In the Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) study, mortality at 28 days after initiation of treatment was lower among adult patients with severe sepsis (associated with acute organ dysfunction) who were treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DAA) than among those treated with placebo (absolute risk reduction 6.1%). In [...]

Unlike in Canada, where supplies usually arrive within a day of ordering, the maintenance of a sufficient medication inventory in Afghanistan can be challenging. Most orders take a week or more to arrive from Canada, and unforeseen events such as a broken-down plane or an operational need to ship nonmedical supplies more urgently may cause [...]

Operation Athena is the name used for the Canadian Forces’ participation in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The Role 3 Multination­al Medical Unit (R3 MMU) is the main medical facility in Afghanistan staffed by Canadians; it services a population of more than 14 000 military and civilian personnel of all nationalities. The medical [...]