New clinical guidelines standardize kidney replacement therapy in ICU patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication in the intensive care unit (ICU). Due to…
Immigrants face longer ICU stays after stroke in Canada
Among people who have a stroke in Canada, immigrants were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at…
HSE managing outbreak of potentially serious infection at Limerick neonatal intensive care unit
THE HSE HAS confirmed that it is “managing” an outbreak of a potentially serious infection in the Neonatal…
Animal-free lung model unlocks better treatments for RSV in babies
Future therapies for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) must target both the virus and its immune response to ensure…
Silk patch enables painless monitoring of premature babies’ health
In the neonatal intensive care unit, the most fragile patients in medicine are often the most heavily wired.…
Physics-informed machine learning enables continuous cuffless blood pressure monitoring
Blood pressure is a key metric of cardiovascular health, but standard methods for measuring it rely on occasional…
ICU pneumonia mortality rates remain elevated in developing nations
A scientific review published today in the NEJM Evidence journal, coordinated by the D’Or Institute for Research and…
Newer nurses face the highest risk of developing moral injury symptoms
Moral injury remains prevalent among critical care nurses, with newer nurses at the highest risk of developing symptoms,…
Sucrose reduces pain in newborns during hospital needle procedures
A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common…
COVID-19 ARDS survivors face lasting disability and high late mortality, researchers report
Four years after ICU admission, mortality remains strikingly high in ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients, and many survivors continue…
Standard doses of antidepressants during pregnancy appear to be safe, study suggests
Using a standard dose of antidepressants during pregnancy appears to be safe for the baby, suggests new research…
Study finds no safety or efficacy gap between paracetamol and ibuprofen for neonatal PDA
A small but rigorous randomized trial suggests paracetamol may be a feasible alternative to ibuprofen for late PDA…