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Infants born with complex congenital heart disease also at risk for life-threatening gastrointestinal diseases

Infants born with complex congenital heart disease are not only at risk for serious heart-related complications, but also for developing a deadly bowel disease, regardless of the type of surgical intervention they receive for their heart. These are the findings from a study by Nationwide Children's Hospital, and appearing in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine published online May 6 ahead of print.

27 May 2010

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

A day after delivering her fourth child at Anaheim Regional Medical Center in Anaheim, California last December, 34-year-old Brynn Ervin suffered a cardiac arrest, the result of massive blood clots lodged in the main arteries that take blood to her lungs. Desperate to save the life of the young mother, the cardiac arrest team performed 95 minutes of CPR.

25 May 2010

LEO Pharma implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution in 6 Asia-Pacific countries

Cegedim Dendrite today announced that LEO Pharma has implemented Mobile Intelligence™, Cegedim Dendrite's flagship Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution using a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model, in six countries in the Asia-Pacific region. LEO Pharma is a global pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology and critical care and Cegedim Dendrite is the world's leading provider of Pharmaceutical CRM solutions with a 35 percent global market share.

25 May 2010

Somanetics' Vital Sync bedside monitor system receives FDA clearance

Somanetics Corporation announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand features on its Vital Sync bedside monitor and research data aggregation system. The clearance allows for interface with a broader range of bedside devices, display of derived parameters of calculated clinical indices, and an automated events trigger to alert clinicians when patient parameters fall outside desired thresholds.

24 May 2010

Rush University College of Nursing professor receives Flame of Excellence Award from AACN

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will give the Flame of Excellence Award to Ruth Kleinpell at the 2010 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Washington, D.C., May 15-20.

21 May 2010

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies to develop online nursing courses

21 May 2010

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies announce Critical Care Pharmacology online nursing course

Elsevier/MC Strategies, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, has partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to develop a series of online nursing courses. Today, AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies announced the first course in this series: AACN Critical Care Pharmacology.

20 May 2010

Home portable monitor testing can be used to diagnose, manage patients with OSA: Study

Patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea may no longer have to spend an expensive and uncomfortable night at a sleep center to monitor their sleep-disordered breathing. According to new research, those who performed sleep testing in their home with portable monitors showed similar improvements after three months of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure in daytime function as compared to patients who underwent overnight testing in a sleep center.

20 May 2010

Adult, pediatric critical care and progressive care units named recipients of 2010 Beacon Award for Excellence

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently named 73 units — including 60 adult, four pediatric critical care and nine progressive care units — nationwide recipients of the spring 2010 Beacon Award for Excellence.

20 May 2010

Baptist Health System implements eGuardian eICU Program from Philips VISICU

Baptist Health System completes final steps to become the first in South Central Texas to implement an eICU® program designed to improve critical care delivery and save lives. "eGuardian" utilizes the eICU® Program from Philips VISICU, that combines early warning software and remote monitoring to connect off-site critical care physicians and nurses to ICU patients around the clock.

18 May 2010

High school student studies effects of repeated x-rays in HMV children admitted for pneumonia

You expect to find leading experts in the fields of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine presenting their research at the annual ATS International Conference-physicians and professors, basic scientists, fellows and post-docs, certainly. High school students? Not so much.

18 May 2010

Uninsured patients may receive poorer quality care in Pennsylvania hospitals: Study

Adult patients without health insurance admitted to intensive care units in Pennsylvania hospitals are at a 21 percent increased risk of death compared to similar patients with private insurance, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.

18 May 2010

Jefferson Regional Medical Center completes Sunrise Enterprise 5.5 upgrade

Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC), a 471-bed acute care hospital in Pine Bluff, AR, is the first Eclipsys™ client to activate Sunrise Enterprise™ 5.5, a significant uplift to Eclipsys' leading integrated suite of software solutions.

18 May 2010

Electrical muscle stimulation prevents critical illness polynueromyopathy

Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) can prevent critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM), according to Greek researchers. CIPNM is an acquired limb and respiratory muscle weakness that is a common and serious problem among intensive care unit patients, and can result in prolonged ICU and hospital stay. EMS can also shorten the duration of weaning from mechanical ventilation and the length of ICU stay.

18 May 2010

Today's Opinions and Editorials: Support for Berwick and health reform's next tests

He is well-qualified to make the many crucial decisions surrounding Medicare and Medicaid, and could end up being one of the most significant appointees in the administration (5/17).

17 May 2010

HIV patients falsely diagnosed for TB have higher rates of mortality: Study

HIV-infected patients who are falsely diagnosed as having tuberculosis have higher rates of mortality than those who are correctly diagnosed with the disease, according to a study conducted by researchers at University of California-San Francisco and Makerere University-Kampala.

17 May 2010

Experts address fundamental questions related to renal failure in ICU

Despite the fact that recent medical advances have allowed healthcare professionals to stabilize patients who would have otherwise died, many stabilized patients later develop organ system failure. In fact, acute renal failure is one of the biggest threats to critically ill patients: forty percent of patients with this condition die.

14 May 2010

Scientists discover link between offspring lung function and maternal vitamin A supplementation

Vitamin A is critical to maternal health and child survival, yet in most developing countries Vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness and increased child mortality. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has long been a leader in vitamin A research, and scientists at the School recently discovered a link between offspring lung function and maternal vitamin A supplementation.

13 May 2010

Patients who participate in physical therapist-led exercise achieve higher functional mobility: Report

Patients who are critically ill and participate in mild exercise programs led by physical therapists achieve higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, according to a report published in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

12 May 2010

SonarMed AMS technology obtains FDA clearance

SonarMed, a developer and manufacturer of critical care respiratory monitoring technologies, announced that it has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its patented SonarMed Airway Monitoring System, which monitors breathing tubes for patients requiring ventilators.

12 May 2010

Critical Care News and Research

Infants born with complex congenital heart disease also at risk for life-threatening gastrointestinal diseases

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

LEO Pharma implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution in 6 Asia-Pacific countries

Somanetics' Vital Sync bedside monitor system receives FDA clearance

Rush University College of Nursing professor receives Flame of Excellence Award from AACN

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies to develop online nursing courses

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies announce Critical Care Pharmacology online nursing course

Home portable monitor testing can be used to diagnose, manage patients with OSA: Study

Adult, pediatric critical care and progressive care units named recipients of 2010 Beacon Award for Excellence

Baptist Health System implements eGuardian eICU Program from Philips VISICU

High school student studies effects of repeated x-rays in HMV children admitted for pneumonia

Uninsured patients may receive poorer quality care in Pennsylvania hospitals: Study

Jefferson Regional Medical Center completes Sunrise Enterprise 5.5 upgrade

Electrical muscle stimulation prevents critical illness polynueromyopathy

Today's Opinions and Editorials: Support for Berwick and health reform's next tests

HIV patients falsely diagnosed for TB have higher rates of mortality: Study

Experts address fundamental questions related to renal failure in ICU

Scientists discover link between offspring lung function and maternal vitamin A supplementation

Patients who participate in physical therapist-led exercise achieve higher functional mobility: Report

SonarMed AMS technology obtains FDA clearance

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