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,…
Nonadherence to COPD medication increases hospital admissions and mortality
Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of…
Gut microbiota-derived metabolite directly shapes immune responses in bacterial pneumonia
Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and…
Blood omics data forecasts trauma outcomes with high accuracy
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a way to predict how trauma patients will recover,…
UK air ambulance critical care expands but unequal access still limits lifesaving treatment
Expanded physician-led air ambulance services are improving access to advanced prehospital care across the UK, yet important regional…
Etomidate proves safer than ketamine for emergency intubations
Doctors treating seriously ill patients in an emergency setting may want to give the sedative etomidate, rather than ketamine,…
This Cheap Heartburn Medication Could Save Hospitals Millions
Image credits: Arseny Togulev. The Intensive Care Unit is the most expensive real estate in a hospital. In…
Association between serum potassium and 28-day mortality in elderly patients with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study | BMC Geriatrics
Among 12,069 elderly patients with sepsis (mean [SD] age, 77.0 [7.6] years; 6105 [50.6%] women) admitted to the…
Evolving epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcus in critical care
Streptococcus pyogenes or invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) is a major clinical concern around the world, since iGAS…
Lundquist Institute researcher awarded NIH funding to advance ICU care for critically ill patients
The Lundquist Institute is proud to announce that Dong Chang, MD, MS has been awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the…
Inflammatory cells drive lung underdevelopment in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a dangerous malformation of the lungs and diaphragm that causes almost a third…
AI tool SeeMe detects hidden signs of consciousness in brain injury patients
A new study published in Nature Communications Medicine led by neurosurgery researchers Sima Mofakham, PhD, and Chuck Mikell,…