The Critical Care Recovery Center has been identified by the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University schools of medicine and nursing as a new collaborative care model that is effective in ...

How nutrition therapy supports recovery, rehabilitation, and quality of life in patients with chronic critical illness and ...

Study highlights that early, purposeful mobilization during intensive care can significantly reduce long-term dependence and improve quality of life A multicenter study across Japan found that ICU ...

A team of investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center wants to improve patient outcomes in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings by silencing audible medical alarms in hospital rooms. Auditory ...

Additions to Orlando Health in St. Cloud aim to improve emergency heart-attack care and critical patient recovery.

Any ICU is a highly specialized environment designed to provide critical care for patients facing life-threatening illnesses or injuries. While primary focus within the ICU is typically physiologic ...

Weakness acquired in the intensive care unit (ICU) is caused by many different pathophysiological mechanisms that are not mutually exclusive. This is not surprising, given the diverse diseases that ...

Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7. Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. This ...

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the psychological toll of medical trauma, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Traditionally, the focus has been on the patient’s ...

A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict which critically ill patients on ventilators are at risk of ...