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War against mosquitoes saves lives and money in Sri Lanka

A large-scale drive against mosquitoes in Sri Lanka reduced the incidence of dengue fever and saved a lot of money as well, according to a study led by the New York University of Global Public Health.

6 Jun 2019

Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was over 4 times higher in individuals with a high body fat mass, while body mass index (BMI) by itself was not associated with an increase in mortality.

3 Jun 2019

Scientists use facial recognition technology to develop tool for monitoring ICU patient's safety

A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients in the intensive care unit are at high risk of unsafe behavior such as accidentally removing their breathing tube, with moderate (75%) accuracy.

3 Jun 2019

Treatment guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children need to be reassessed

Treatment guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children should be reassessed, according to a new Canadian study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

31 May 2019

The unexpected perk of my group pregnancy care: New friends

I had always imagined going through pregnancy surrounded by family and friends. But when I found out I was pregnant, my husband, Alex, and I had just moved from San Francisco to Chicago. I knew almost no one.

30 May 2019

A final comfort: ‘Palliative transport’ brings dying children home

Anne Brescia sat beside her only child, Anthony, as he lay unconscious in a hospital bed at age 16. Just a few months before, he was competing in a swim meet; now cancer was destroying his brain. Brescia couldn’t save her son. But she was determined to bring him home.

28 May 2019

Study: Perceived inability to act on heart attack symptoms could signify life-threatening situation

A perceived inability to act on symptoms could signify a life-threatening situation, according to research published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

28 May 2019

Music helps to develop the neural networks of premature infants

In Switzerland, as in most industrialized countries, nearly 1% of children are born "very prematurely", i.e. before the 32nd week of pregnancy, which represents about 800 children yearly.

27 May 2019

Researchers find lower ER triage scores are linked to delayed antibiotics for sepsis patients

Providing early, appropriate antibiotic treatment for patients with sepsis — serious complication of infection that can lead to organ failure and death — is crucial for their survival.

25 May 2019

Researchers develop new algorithm to accurately predict patients' chances of survival in ICU

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have used data on more than 230,000 intensive care patients to develop a new algorithm.

25 May 2019

Directed Systems awarded InnovateUK funding to develop clinical decision support software

Pioneering software that enables anesthetists to make better decisions for high risk patients during surgery has been awarded InnovateUK funding.

21 May 2019

New approach to waking up sleeping genes could help people with Prader-Willi syndrome

New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new approaches to potentially help people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a devastating and incurable genetic condition.

21 May 2019

Escalating workplace violence rocks hospitals

Across the country, many doctors, nurses and other health care workers have remained silent about what is being called an epidemic of violence against them.

21 May 2019

Reversibly paralyzing, heavily sedating hospitalized patients do not improve outcomes

Reversibly paralyzing and heavily sedating hospitalized patients with severe breathing problems do not improve outcomes in most cases, according to a National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial conducted at dozens of North American hospitals and led by clinician-scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Colorado schools of medicine.

20 May 2019

Type 1 diabetes symptoms are not recognized early enough among children in Quebec

Elwyn was a healthy 13 month-old toddler when she started drinking water from the bathtub. Over time, she became increasingly thirsty and demanded more and more breast milk.

14 May 2019

Researchers discover biochemical agent responsible for blood pressure drop in sepsis

A study conducted by an international group of researchers has overturned the understanding of life-threatening inflammatory diseases such as sepsis, pointing to a biochemical agent that may be involved in the rapid decline in blood pressure that occurs in the advanced stage of sepsis and usually causes the patient's death. This discovery could pave the way for novel therapeutic approaches.

14 May 2019

Quiet times in NICUs may improve infant health, study finds

Excessive noise is widely known to have negative effects on health, and children in neonatal intensive care units are among the most vulnerable.

13 May 2019

New study shows benefits of transperineal prostate biopsies under local anesthetic

The Gale and Graham Wright Prostate Centre at North York General Hospital is advancing prostate cancer care with a new study that shows the benefits of transperineal prostate biopsies under local anesthetic.

10 May 2019

First milk expression within 8 hours related to lactation success for very low-birth-weight infants

A study led by physician researchers at Boston Medical Center has shown that first milk expression within eight hours of giving birth is associated with the highest probability of mothers of very low-birth-weight infants being able to provide milk throughout hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit.

10 May 2019

Market muscle: Study uncovers differences between Medicare and private insurers

Private health insurance plans in 2017 paid more than twice what Medicare would have for those same health care services, says a sweeping new study from Rand Corp., a respected research organization.

10 May 2019

Intensive Care News and Research

War against mosquitoes saves lives and money in Sri Lanka

Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

Scientists use facial recognition technology to develop tool for monitoring ICU patient's safety

Treatment guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children need to be reassessed

The unexpected perk of my group pregnancy care: New friends

A final comfort: ‘Palliative transport’ brings dying children home

Study: Perceived inability to act on heart attack symptoms could signify life-threatening situation

Music helps to develop the neural networks of premature infants

Researchers find lower ER triage scores are linked to delayed antibiotics for sepsis patients

Researchers develop new algorithm to accurately predict patients' chances of survival in ICU

Directed Systems awarded InnovateUK funding to develop clinical decision support software

New approach to waking up sleeping genes could help people with Prader-Willi syndrome

Escalating workplace violence rocks hospitals

Reversibly paralyzing, heavily sedating hospitalized patients do not improve outcomes

Type 1 diabetes symptoms are not recognized early enough among children in Quebec

Researchers discover biochemical agent responsible for blood pressure drop in sepsis

Quiet times in NICUs may improve infant health, study finds

New study shows benefits of transperineal prostate biopsies under local anesthetic

First milk expression within 8 hours related to lactation success for very low-birth-weight infants

Market muscle: Study uncovers differences between Medicare and private insurers

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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