FDA alert
FDA alert
08/25/2023
Jessica Ganga
Following a multicenter clinical trial, a new treatment for pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus has been approved for use in adults.
08/25/2023
Life Support
Life Support
11/02/2022
The researchers sought to find an association between patients who were critically ill and received ECMO during treatment, and the presence of a new mental health diagnosis.
11/02/2022
Pediatric Sepsis
Pediatric Sepsis
10/25/2022
Children hospitalized with sepsis may be diagnosed with a new or progressing condition after experiencing sepsis. The researchers sought to establish the post-hospitalization risks for this patient...
10/25/2022
ventilators
ventilators
06/02/2022
Several professional organizations have updated their guidelines on the use of ventilators in individuals with pneumonia in acute-care hospitals.
06/02/2022
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
05/25/2022
A joint guideline was recently issued on the prevention, management, and treatment of individuals with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
05/25/2022
sepsis
sepsis
03/31/2020
Researchers sought to identify novel genetic variants associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome susceptibility. Here is what they found.
03/31/2020
Ultrasonographic imaging
Ultrasonographic imaging
02/04/2020
Which diagnostic tool is most effective among patients with acute respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit? Authors of a new study compared the performance of pulmonary...
02/04/2020
Intensive care medicine
Intensive care medicine
09/23/2019
Critically ill patients in the emergency department may spend hours to days awaiting transfer to the intensive care unit. Can emergency-department–based, ICU telemonitoring improve the outcome among these...
09/23/2019
Patient safety
Patient safety
12/06/2018
Since the effects were unknown, researchers analyzed the impacts of certain decontamination strategies on bloodstream infections with antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in ventilated patients.
12/06/2018
Patient safety
Patient safety
10/26/2018