The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms is increasingly under scrutiny. After all, they can already do a great deal, and even more is promised. But what exactly lies under the hood of an AI model? For some ...
Jul 29, 2026
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When a patient is admitted to a hospital emergency room with a life-threatening medical condition, the first order of business is to get that patient to a stable state. After that happens, it is standard medical practice ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Despite the best efforts of intensive care unit (ICU) staff and physicians and the most advanced life support, Dr. Bryan Yipp, witnesses many deaths in the ICU attributed to sepsis. "Sepsis is the body's overwhelming immune ...
Jul 21, 2026
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From the emergency department (ED) to the intensive care unit (ICU), a clear, collaborative admission process at a Tennessee hospital cut in half the time newly admitted critically ill patients waited to receive specialized ...
Jul 15, 2026
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A new national clinical trial is helping reshape the future of recovery research for critically ill patients, providing important new evidence about how rehabilitation and nutrition interventions should be delivered during ...
Jul 13, 2026
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A study led by biomedical scientist Erica Heinrich at the University of California, Riverside, highlights a critical gap in how clinicians detect and treat breathing distress (dyspnea), particularly in patients on ventilators. ...
Jul 12, 2026
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A noninvasive neuromodulation technology has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for reducing a dangerous narrowing of blood vessels in the brain that can follow a brain ...
Jul 7, 2026
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People who've been severely injured in an accident might have a lower risk of death if doctors pump them full of vitamin C, a new evidence review says.
Jul 7, 2026
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For patients struggling to breathe because of acute respiratory failure, clearing mucus from the airways is a routine part of treatment. Mucoactive agents are widely used for this purpose. But after years of clinical use, ...
Patients experiencing life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) require quick action, diligent care and close monitoring as they receive insulin infusions and other medical interventions to bring their blood glucose and ...
Jul 2, 2026
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