Across the country, many intensive care units are strained for capacity. This prolongs the boarding process in the emergency department, when critically ill patients – for whom every minute and hour ...

A writing group sponsored by the American Heart Association and other organizations discusses trends in critical care and lessons learned from general medical and surgical intensive care units in a ...

The American Heart Association, in collaboration with several other cardiology-related organizations, sponsored a writing group to develop a roadmap for responding to the “critical care crisis” in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . By training artificial intelligence, or AI, algorithms with electronic health record data, researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Urban ICUs have 2.8 beds per 10,000 people, whereas rural ICUs only have 1.7 beds per 10,000 people. Hybrid ICU ...

Virtual healthcare is an increasingly essential part of improving patient outcomes in every corner of the globe. In fact, a 2022 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that ...

Doctors treating critically ill patients on ventilators face a constant challenge regarding nutrition. Properly feeding ICU patients is of critical importance as their bodies fight for survival. An ...

Significant predictors of VTE were APACHE II score, previous immobilization, femoral central venous catheter, and invasive mechanical ventilation. Common risk assessment models for predicting venous ...

Sepsis, a life-threatening condition caused by the body's dysregulated response to infection, remains a leading cause of mortality in ICUs worldwide. Despite advancements in medical technology, ...

Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) is a new or worsening cognitive, physical and/or mental health disorder that occurs after a critical care survivor is discharged from the ICU. According to research ...