Brain Activity in 'Unresponsive' Patients May Predict Recovery EEG study points to possible prognostic tool early after acute brain injury Jun 27, 2019
Attending Answers Phone at Nurses' Station, Instantly Regrets It "I didn't know who Nancy was, and it just went downhill from there" Jun 27, 2019
Sepsis Survivors Not Out of the Woods Patient age, sex, and higher APACHE II scores tied to intermediate-term mortality May 31, 2019
USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
TAVR Access Closure Devices Not Equal, Study Shows Separate study suggests bleed monitoring device could help May 23, 2019
Your Patient Died. Now What? Do's and (one big don't) from an expert forensic pathologist May 14, 2019
Mixed Results with Tranexamic Acid in TBI No benefit for neurological outcomes; some improvement in 28-day mortality rate May 08, 2019
Aggressive Tx Remains Common for Adults, Children Near Death Many patients continue with treatments they probably don't need Mar 30, 2019
Non-STEMI Cardiac Arrest May Not Require Immediate Cath COACT trial not favorable on immediate coronary angiography Mar 18, 2019
How Best to Monitor Critically Ill Patients? Continuous surveillance achieved through EHR data could provide key insights Feb 21, 2019
Similar Endotypes Identified for Pediatric ARDS and Sepsis Shared biology between children with sepsis, respiratory failure could predict mortality risk, study shows Feb 21, 2019
Antibiotics Rx Common, but Variable, in Pediatric ICU Children given antibiotics were on mechanical ventilation for fewer days Feb 20, 2019
Peripheral Perfusion Fails to Cut Septic Shock Mortality But showed improvements over lactate-guided resuscitation for some outcomes Feb 19, 2019
CDC May Have a Better Mousetrap for Sepsis Surveillance Researchers compare the CDC's simplified criteria against SOFA criteria Feb 19, 2019
Benefit of Endovascular Therapy Dwindles With Large-Core Strokes But is thrombectomy still better than medical management alone for these cases? Feb 08, 2019
Intensive Early Glucose Control No Help for Stroke Recovery SHINE trial yields similar functional outcomes but higher hypoglycemia risk Feb 06, 2019
AHA: In-hospital Entresto Safe, Beneficial in HFrEF PIONEER-HF shows improved biomarkers and possibly outcomes too Nov 11, 2018 video
Expert Panel: Cap Oxygen Saturation at 96% for Acutely Ill Patients Recommends special caution for stroke, MI patients Oct 25, 2018
CHEST Meeting Attendees Will 'Learn by Doing' Interactive sessions to highlight San Antonio conference Oct 05, 2018
Vasopressors May Contribute to ICU-Related Weakness Association was independent of other known risk factors Sep 11, 2018
FDA Approves Generic Potassium Chloride Under New Pathway Goal is to increase competition, cut prices Aug 08, 2018
Study: Epinephrine May Not Be Best Choice for Cardiogenic Shock in MI Associated with higher rates of refractory shock than with norepinephrine Jul 03, 2018
Rapid Genetic Test May Prevent Abx-Linked Hearing Loss in Babies For newborns with sepsis,identifies those at risk from aminoglycosides Jun 15, 2018
Nurse-Led ICU Intervention Improves Family Communication Surrogates' levels of anxiety/depression remained unchanged, however May 24, 2018
Antibiotics Questioned in Preemies Without Confirmed Sepsis Drugs often used inappropriately, researchers say May 09, 2018
Vasopressin Lowers Sepsis Afib Risk Addition to shock treatment may offer clinical advantage May 08, 2018
Drug Choices Safe in Pediatric Gut Infections Finding validates clinical practice in complicated intra-abdominal infections May 08, 2018
Scheduled Mucus Clearing Doesn't Reduce Ventilation Time Nebulization when clinically needed may be better ICU strategy Feb 28, 2018
Balanced IV Fluids Seem to be Safer than Saline in ICU Giving balanced crystalloids led to a lower rate of composite outcome of death from any cause Feb 27, 2018
Charlie Gard Case May Have 'Set Dangerous Precedent' Hospital, court disregarded international standard-of-care practice Feb 27, 2018
Hospital Violence Need Not Be 'Part of the Job' Tolerance may add to problem, expert says Feb 27, 2018
Novel Feeding Tube May Help Stroke Dysphagia Electrical pharyngeal stimulation boosted readiness for decannulation Jan 29, 2018
Prolonged Sedation May be Bad for Baby's Brain Infants exposed to prolonged anesthesia had more MRI signs of brain atrophy Nov 13, 2017
Certain Antibiotics in First Trimester Up Risk of Major Birth Defects Largest cohort study to examine risk by antibiotic class and type Jul 19, 2017
Antibiotic Stewardship Works at Community Hospital Cost savings, better outcomes when paired with rapid blood culture system Jun 06, 2017
Low-Dose Furosemide Didn't Prevent Worsening AKI Loop diuretic tied to higher rates of electrolyte abnormalities in ICU Apr 23, 2017
Headline-Making Issues at SCCM Congress EMR hacking, terror, contemporary science on display Jan 20, 2017
301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007 Jun 22, 2016
