January 25, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Increased frequency of assessment for delirium throughout the day increases the rate of its detection among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ICU patients spent less time in the ICU following adoption of twice-daily extubation readiness assessments. A ...

A novel easy-to-administer tool to score and track delirium severity in the ICU has been developed and validated, enabling clinicians to make better decisions about the brain health of ICU patients.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AKI-Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan correlated with reduced ICU length of stay when ...

Astute Medical Says New Study Shows NephroCheck Test Can Expose Risk of AKI Stemming From Nephrotoxic Antibiotics and Other Renal Insults. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital clinicians ...

Scripted recordings of family members’ voices significantly increased delirium-free days for patients in the ICU who required ...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive care unit (ICU) beds were in limited supply, and the pandemic only exacerbated this growing concern. Since the pandemic began, ICU resources have been in ...

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 ...

There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned ...

Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at exceptionally high risk for developing healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPrIs), and nurses and other clinicians should be extra vigilant with ...

As we enter the peak of the flu season, deaths and hospitalizations have sharply spiked to epidemic levels, resulting in more patients being treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across the country.