Family Recordings Might Ease ICU Delirium

As many as 4 in 5 ICU patients on mechanical ventilation develop delirium, or sudden confusion, panic, upset and anger. But playing recorded messages from a family member can reorient patients and ...
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Recorded Messages From Family Members Can Reduce Delirium in ICU

Recorded voices of family members are associated with reduced delirium among patients in the ICU receiving mechanical ventilation.
Becker's Hospital Review

Emory University tests ‘smart ICU’ data displays

The system aggregates and analyzes a patient’s data, providing it in a format from which physicians can more easily gauge a patient’s risk factors and condition. The system also sends alerts to ...
Medicine Buffalo

Obese ICU Patients Have Lower Mortality But Longer ICU Stays

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Obese intensive care patients do not have a higher ICU death rate than non-obese ICU patients, but they remain in the ICU significantly longer and are intubated significantly longer ...
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Evolving epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcus in critical care

Streptococcus pyogenes or invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) is a major clinical concern around the world, since iGAS ...
ABC 7 Chicago

University of Virginia shooting victim no longer intubated, out of ICU, family friend says

Michael Hollins, the University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in Sunday's mass shooting, was taken off intubation and moved from the hospital's intensive care unit, a family ...
Newsweek

Utah Hospital’s ICU at 104 Percent Capacity as State Sees Record COVID Hospitalizations

As new coronavirus cases in Utah rise, total current COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a record high of 314 on Wednesday, according to the Utah Department of Health. Wednesday's grim milestone marked ...