January 25, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Increased frequency of assessment for delirium throughout the day increases the rate of its detection among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), ...

A data-driven update to the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score issued new definitions, new variables, and revised thresholds to categorize the severity of organ dysfunction in critical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ICU patients spent less time in the ICU following adoption of twice-daily extubation readiness assessments. A ...

The innovative use of recorded messages from a family member to provide reorientation information to a critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation helped reduce the risk of developing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AKI-Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan correlated with reduced ICU length of stay when ...

Slow-tempo music intervention does not reduce delirium duration, pain, or anxiety in older adults on mechanical ventilation.

Astute Medical Says New Study Shows NephroCheck Test Can Expose Risk of AKI Stemming From Nephrotoxic Antibiotics and Other Renal Insults. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital clinicians ...

Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at exceptionally high risk for developing healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPrIs), and nurses and other clinicians should be extra vigilant with ...

As we enter the peak of the flu season, deaths and hospitalizations have sharply spiked to epidemic levels, resulting in more patients being treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across the country.

Whether selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) reduces mortality among patients undergoing mechanical ...

Significant predictors of VTE were APACHE II score, previous immobilization, femoral central venous catheter, and invasive mechanical ventilation. Common risk assessment models for predicting venous ...