Blood Thinner Showdown: Enoxaparin Matches Heparin on Sepsis Survival
A retrospective cohort study of 2,341 sepsis patients without severe renal impairment found no statistically significant difference in 30-day ICU ...
Tag: intensive care
From Kilograms to Compliance: Rethinking Lung-Protective Ventilation as an Equity Issue
A new perspective in Intensive Care Medicine argues that tidal volumes scaled to predicted body weight systematically overestimate lung size ...
H2 antagonists linked to lower C. difficile risk than PPIs in intensive care
A retrospective study of 15,462 intensive-care patients found that H2 receptor antagonists were associated with lower hospital-acquired C. difficile infection ...
Social disadvantages tied to kidney failure risk after ICU acute kidney injury
A large single-center cohort study presented at ASN Kidney Week 2026 links Black race, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, and lack of ...
Severe obesity complicates ICU drug dosing, review concludes
A narrative review concludes that severe obesity can complicate ICU drug dosing and supports individualized regimens based on pharmacokinetic variability ...
Pilot balloon detachment forces risky decision in ventilated tracheostomy patient
A single retrospective case shows how clinicians temporarily managed complete pilot-balloon detachment when replacing a ventilator-dependent patient’s tracheostomy was judged ...
COVID-19 intensive care patients had more contaminated and polymicrobial blood cultures
A retrospective single-center study found higher contamination, true microbial growth and polymicrobial infection rates in blood cultures from adult intensive ...
Candiduria linked to later candidemia in retrospective ICU cohort
A retrospective study found that 19.9% of eligible ICU patients with candiduria developed subsequent candidemia, which was associated with renal ...
Acute kidney injury linked to mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 cohort
In a retrospective two-center Palestinian cohort, acute kidney injury affected 32.2% of hospitalized adults with COVID-19 and was associated with ...
Stroke-associated pneumonia emerges early and signals worse hospital outcomes
A retrospective study of 3,347 acute ischemic stroke patients found that stroke-associated pneumonia developed in 12.8%, with more than half ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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