COVID-infected adults with 4 or more underlying diseases or advanced age, face higher risk of ICU stay, death
Whether vaccinated or not, having at least four disease risk factors put adults hospitalized due to COVID-19 at higher risk ...
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ICUconnect app helped clinicians address unmet palliative care needs across course of ICU care
Session: C16, The Road to Recovery: Improving Long-Term Outcomes After Critical Illness Date and Time: 9:24 a.m. ET, Tuesday, May ...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates whole ICU – study
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) was brought into the ICU, in Hangzhou, on multiple occasions as patients were admitted, creating a ...
AI in the ICU
Clinicians in an intensive care unit need to make complex decisions quickly and precisely, monitoring critically ill or unstable patients ...
The mental health of pediatric ICU teams: how has the pandemic affected these professionals?
Concern about the mental health of hospital professionals has been increasing in recent years, and when, in early 2020, the ...
Who goes to the ICU and why?
More is not always better when it comes to hospital care. The same interventions that could save one patient’s life ...
The American Thoracic Society wants to improve patient safety and equity at the time of ICU discharge
NEW YORK, NY – (Feb. 08, 2023) – The American Thoracic Society, together with six sites across the U.S., is ...
Family members caring for COVID patients after ICU discharge face unique challenges
Roughly 21% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic required an intensive care stay and the bulk ...
ICU evaluations prior to cardiac arrest increased odds of survival among Black adults
DALLAS, Oct. 31, 2022 — Although racial disparities in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest among Black and white people are known, both ...
ECMO survivors have higher rate of new mental health diagnoses than other ICU survivors
Survivors of ECMO life support had a 24% higher rate of new mental health diagnoses after discharge compared to other ...
An emergency department-based ICU improves survival without raising costs, study finds
Across the country, many intensive care units are strained for capacity. This prolongs the boarding process in the emergency department, ...
Algorithm sheds new light on ICU patients’ consciousness
Visit a neurological ICU during a consultant’s morning rounds, and you’re likely to see physicians conducting painstaking tests to assess ...
Treble clef treatment: Music to counter delirium in mechanically ventilated older adults in the ICU
INDIANAPOLIS – Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic researcher-clinicians are conducting a multi-site study to establish ...
Online assessment tool helps predict ICU need following surgery
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive care unit (ICU) beds were in limited supply, and the pandemic only exacerbated this ...
Children in underserved communities are at increased risk of being admitted to the pediatric ICU and of dying there; black children at most risk
Session: B19, Uncovering Health Disparities in Pediatric Lung Disease Date and Time: 9:30 a.m. PT, Monday, May 16 Location: Room ...
Disadvantaged older adults face greater risk of function, cognition decline after ICU admission
1. Disadvantaged older adults face greater risk of function, cognition decline after ICU admission Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3086 URL goes live when ...
Most COVID-19 ICU survivors experience symptoms one year after ICU admission
75% of the COVID-19 survivors who were treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience physical, mental and/or cognitive problems ...
Only about half of patients with alcohol use disorder who are admitted to ICU receive thiamine
1. Only about half of patients with alcohol use disorder who are admitted to ICU receive thiamine Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-2103 URL ...
AI could help doctors make the best use of ICU beds during the COVID-19 pandemic
New technology could help doctors make the most of limited resources during the COVID-19 pandemic by identifying patients who require ...
$4.6 million NIH grant to study mechanical ventilator protocols for COVID and other critically-ill ICU patients
Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City have received a $4.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health ...
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Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds
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Lasers deflected using air
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New $81million NIH grant will help U.S. answer urgent need for better dementia care
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Men with metastatic prostate cancer live longer thanks to new drugs
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African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) Open Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop 2023
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Pumped for frigid weather: study pinpoints cold adaptations in nervous system of Antarctic octopus