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FDA approves lung preservation machine (Update)
Federal health regulators have approved a novel device that can preserve donated lungs outside the body for possible transplantation into critically ill patients.
Aug 12, 2014
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Effect of enriching feeding tube nutrition on risk of infection among ICU patients
Among mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, receipt of high-protein nutrition via a feeding tube enriched with immune-modulating nutrients (such as glutamine, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants) vs ...
Aug 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ketamine does not adversely affect outcomes
(HealthDay)—For intubated patients, ketamine is unlikely to adversely affect patient outcomes compared with other intravenous sedatives, according to a review published online July 22 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Aug 4, 2014
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Ketamine can be a wonder drug for ER patients and their physicians
For critically ill patients arriving at the emergency department, the drug ketamine can safely provide analgesia, sedation and amnesia for rapid, life-saving intubation, despite decades-old studies that suggested it raised ...
Jul 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Recommendations prioritize strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
Thousands of critically ill patients on life support develop ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) each year. A new document released today by a consortium of professional organizations helps prioritize strategies to prevent ...
Jul 16, 2014
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Medications
Antibiotic developed 50 years ago may be the key to fighting 'superbugs'
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the University at Buffalo are turning to an old class of antibiotics to fight new superbugs resistant to modern medicine.
Jun 19, 2014
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Immunology
Dormant viruses re-emerge in patients with lingering sepsis, signaling immune suppression
A provocative study links prolonged episodes of sepsis—a life-threatening infection and leading cause of death in hospitals—to the reactivation of otherwise dormant viruses in the body.
Jun 11, 2014
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Steroids prescribed in the ICU linked to delirium
New Johns Hopkins research suggests that critically ill patients receiving steroids in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) are significantly more likely to develop delirium. Results of their research, they say, suggest ...
May 27, 2014
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Public reporting of ICU mortality does not improve outcomes
A large study of intensive care patients in California found that public reporting of patient outcomes did not reduce mortality, but did result in reduced admission of the sickest patients to the ICU and increased transfer ...
May 19, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
One in three intensive care survivors develop depression that manifests as physical symptoms
A third of intensive care patients develop depression that typically manifests as physical, or somatic, symptoms such as weakness, appetite change, and fatigue, rather than psychological symptoms, according to one of the ...
Apr 7, 2014
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