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,…