In recent years, medical guidelines and national policies have pushed hospitals to offer more palliative care to patients who are seriously ill. This has led to a major rise in palliative care use, especially among people ...
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New research using a decade of data shows the lifesaving impact of universal motorcycle helmet laws. Researchers from the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina—an American College of Surgeons (ACS)-verified ...
May 22, 2025
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One of the most common health-care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found.
Apr 4, 2025
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An AI tool that analyzes nurses' data and notes detected when patients in the hospital were deteriorating nearly two days earlier than traditional methods and reduced the risk of death by over 35%, found a year-long clinical ...
Apr 2, 2025
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in BMJ Global Health, shows that 1 in 8 patients admitted to hospitals are critically ill, and most of these patients are cared for outside intensive care units. The researchers ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found no differences in in-hospital deaths or hospital admission rates for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) who visited hospital for acute COVID-19 symptoms.
Mar 17, 2025
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals frequently ran short of beds in intensive care units. But even earlier, ICUs faced challenges in keeping beds available. With an aging American population, 11% of hospital ...
Mar 6, 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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One in eight patients in hospitals in Africa is critically ill, and one in five of the critically ill die within a week, according to a study appearing in The Lancet. The researchers behind the largest study of critical illness ...
Feb 27, 2025
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Delirium is characterized by an acute change in cognition, accompanied by either altered consciousness or disorganized thinking. The condition is common in the post-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) setting, affecting up ...
Jan 13, 2025
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