With trauma, long stint in intensive care may not mean low recovery odds supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jun 2016 4:35 PM ISTFor trauma patients, staying in the intensive care unit (ICU) for more than a month may not mean the chances of survival are low, according to a new...
JAMA Study points to higher ICU usage, unnecessary costly procedures supriya kashyap kashyap10 Aug 2016 3:11 PM ISTLos Angeles : With the use of intensive care units (ICUs) on the rise in many hospitals, researchers at LA BioMed and UCLA examined ICU usage and...
Ultrasound in critically ill patients: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap27 Aug 2016 2:35 PM ISTWith the supreme importance of prompt diagnostics in critical care patients, evidence-based guidelines for the use of bedside ultrasound by...
Septic shock with no diagnosis at 24 hours: Critical care study Noha28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTThe lack of a patent source of infection after 24 hours of management of shock considered septic is a common and disturbing scenario. Damien Contou et...
Mortality from ARDS found to be lower in high-volume ICUs Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 May 2017 12:44 PM ISTATS 2017, WASHINGTON, DC -- In a new study that analyzed data from the large French CUB-REA database, high volume intensive care units (ICUs) were...
Treatment of Septic Shock in Resource-Limited Settings Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 Feb 2018 8:00 PM ISTRecommendations for haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings are largely lacking.In order to fill...
New test identifies serious secondary infection in critically ill patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 Jun 2018 7:28 PM ISTA team of researchers has identified three cell surface markers can predict the risk of potentially life-threatening secondary infection in the...
Role of Palliative Care in India- MD Exclusive Interview with Padmashree Dr MR Rajagopal Hina Zahid30 July 2018 8:35 PM ISTPalliative care is a holistic approach to care given to improve the quality of life of patients who suffer from a serious or life-threatening disease....
Exercise caution with PPIs or H2RAs use in neonates with upper GI bleeding Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 July 2019 7:25 PM ISTDelhi: The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, a common occurrence in sick newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care, can be reduced by the use...
Novel and promising strategy to cut spread of Staph infection in NICU: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Jan 2020 8:28 PM ISTS aureus is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), with potentially devastating consequences....
