Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) continues to rise, but this advanced form of life support is often not provided to patients equitably. Now, new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference ...
May 21, 2025
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Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa earlier this year. The cases have heightened concerns among public health officials ...
Apr 11, 2025
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It can happen in an instant—a mother experiences a medical emergency during delivery that requires intensive care.
Apr 2, 2025
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A new Penn Nursing study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society challenges conventional thought regarding the benefits of continuity in nursing care within intensive care units (ICUs). The researchers found ...
Mar 5, 2025
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I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions.
Feb 4, 2025
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Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in ...
Jan 8, 2025
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The Federal Government is funding a national Take Home Naloxone (THN) program that makes the life-saving medication available for free and without prescription in pharmacies across Australia.
Nov 29, 2024
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Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have created a new training tool to equip nursing students with the skills needed in caring for children who require mechanical ventilation and tracheal suctioning. In a study published ...
Nov 22, 2024
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The diaphragm is the most important breathing muscle. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Jul 31, 2024
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Not all versions of Medicare are created equal—and when it comes to end-of-life care, some versions may serve a patient's needs better than others. That's the focus of newly published research by Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Ph.D., ...
Jul 19, 2024
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