Oral care decreased both the number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the length of stay, as well as the amount of time of mechanical ventilation. Patients on mechanical ventilation who ...

More active efforts to reduce patients' time on a ventilator in an ICU can both spare their suffering and free up intensive care resources, a thesis at the University of Gothenburg shows. Mechanical ...

A new, recently licensed medical device developed by UB researchers would introduce into intensive-care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alcohol misuse vs. no misuse increased the odds for several poor outcomes. Higher odds for mechanical ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Each additional minute patients spent boarded in the ED led to a 0.026% increase in ICU length of stay and a 0.023% increase in ventilator days, according to a study presented at ...

Delirium affects up to 50% of patients in the ICU, especially those who are mechanically ventilated and sedated. Delirium is ...

Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.

Few people have thought about providing an exercise workout in the intensive care unit, especially for patients on ventilators - even those who are comatose - but a researcher from Frances Payne ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen fast in the past two weeks after a long, steady increase and the number of critically ill COVID patients has spiked even more ...

The treatment, sometimes used after cardiac arrest, may be beneficial. Since the novel coronavirus caught the world's attention in December 2019, doctors have been trying to determine how the virus ...

Music therapy could significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure and patient–ventilator asynchronies for patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), according to research being ...

AI-enabled and non-invasive ventilators enhance ICU efficiency and patient care, driving the global mechanical ventilators ...