Critically ill patients who need breathing machines often miss getting enough nutrition, especially during the first few days ...

Use of mobile patient lifts for ICU patients on mechanical ventilation improve their physical function during ICU admission by accelerating the standing process. The intervention group predominantly ...

Any ICU is a highly specialized environment designed to provide critical care for patients facing life-threatening illnesses or injuries. While primary focus within the ICU is typically physiologic ...

Achieving adequate enteral nutrition among mechanically ventilated patients is challenging, yet critical. Is AI the answer?

A recent study revealed that critically ill patients who require ventilation often fail to get enough nutrition, especially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer deaths took place during ICU shifts staffed by nurses who had more previously shared shifts between them.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of the ICU Liberation Bundle was linked to shorter ICU stays, less time on ventilation and fewer patients in ...

Sepsis is an alarmingly common cause behind ICU admissions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a retrospective, population-based cohort study indicates. Furthermore, it contributes to a ...

Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7. Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. This ...

Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

Nearly two months after Jim Kolovos was put on a ventilator, his wife and doctors tried to help him regain consciousness so they could ask him a question: Was he ready to give up, or did he want to ...