The results of two randomized trials indicate that among intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation, use of the sedative dexmedetomidine was not inferior (outcome ...

A multicenter study across Japan found that ICU patients receiving more intensive rehabilitation regained independence faster ...

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A new study has found a molecular mechanism that may explain the connection between mechanical ventilation and hippocampal damage in ICU patients. At least 30 percent of patients in intensive care ...

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New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults have been published by researchers. The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other health care ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study at 56 children’s hospitals in the U.S. They examined children younger than 2 years old discharged between 2012 and 2016 with a diagnosis of ...

Lungpacer Medical, a leader in innovative respiratory care neurostimulation technologies, today announced that physicians at one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers and top hospitals has ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The diaphragm is the most important ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. February 2, 2009 (Nashville, Tennessee) — Midazolam and dexmedetomidine show equal efficacy and safety in providing targeted sedation of patients ...

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Oral care decreased both the number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the length of stay, as well as the amount of time of mechanical ventilation. Patients on mechanical ventilation who ...