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Breakthrough in imaging speed moves portable stroke diagnosis closer to reality

When someone walks into an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, every second matters. But today, diagnosing the type of stroke, the life-or-death distinction between a clot and a bleed, requires large, stationary machines like CT scanners that may not be available everywhere.

4 Dec 2025

Low-cost pantoprazole improves outcomes, reduces ICU stay, study finds

A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also saves hospitals thousands of dollars.

1 Dec 2025

Circadian rhythms can influence outcomes related to influenza infections

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that circadian rhythms – the biological clocks of the body – can influence outcomes related to influenza infections, providing clinicians with insight about how biological processes can be used to optimize care for critically ill patients with respiratory viral infections.

1 Dec 2025

Challenges in providing palliative care for adolescents and young adults with cancer

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer have unique needs compared with other age groups. Access to palliative care among this age group remains challenging.

1 Dec 2025

Lung to gut movement of hospital-acquired bacterium raises the risk of sepsis

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

25 Nov 2025

Gaining too little or too much weight in pregnancy affects birth outcomes

The review of 1.6 million pregnancies shows diverse weight gain impacts, stressing the urgency for updated guidelines to improve maternal and infant health.

24 Nov 2025

C-reactive protein shows stronger accuracy for early-onset sepsis in preterm newborns

Neonatal EOS, a severe bloodstream infection that strikes within the first three days of life, is a major cause of infant illness and death worldwide.

20 Nov 2025

Most pregnancies involve weight gain outside healthy ranges with major health impacts

Around two-thirds of pregnancies have weight gain that is more or less than recommended and is associated with complications such as preterm birth, large birth weight, and admission to intensive care.

19 Nov 2025

Unified global scoring system urgently needed for intensive care

Assessing the severity of illness in critically ill patients is a crucial task in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) worldwide.

19 Nov 2025

Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps

Replacing beef with a plant based beef substitute for six days changed the fatty acid composition of human milk, increasing medium chain saturated fats and lowering key long chain polyunsaturated fats such as arachidonic acid. These biochemical shifts occurred without changes in maternal weight, appetite, glucose patterns or infant milk intake.

18 Nov 2025

Maternal obesity raises childhood epilepsy and disability risks, new study shows

Higher maternal BMI before pregnancy is linked to increased risks of epilepsy and intellectual disability in young children, even after extensive adjustment for maternal and neonatal factors. Associations with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD disappear after full adjustment, highlighting the potential mediating role of perinatal complications.

17 Nov 2025

Evolocumab shows clear benefit in preventing first-time heart attacks and strokes

Adding the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab to standard lipid-lowering therapy significantly reduced first major cardiovascular events in adults with atherosclerosis or high-risk diabetes who had never had a heart attack or stroke. The 4.6-year study confirmed durable safety and benefit, supporting earlier, more intensive LDL cholesterol control.

11 Nov 2025

Standard care found to be the better choice for older people with irregular heart rhythms

For older people with irregular heart rhythms who are at high risk of stroke and bleeding, standard care (including the use of blood thinners when indicated) was found to be the better choice compared to a promising, catheter-based procedure, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2025.

10 Nov 2025

Death risk found to be six times higher among hospitalized patients with dyspnea

The risk of dying is six times higher among patients who become short of breath after being admitted to hospital, according to research published today (Monday) in ERJ Open Research. Patients who were in pain were not more likely to die.

10 Nov 2025

Evolving epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcus in critical care

Streptococcus pyogenes or invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) is a major clinical concern around the world, since iGAS infections can quickly escalate into life-threatening conditions such as necrotizing fasciitis, septic shock, and pneumonia.

6 Nov 2025

Medical evidence strengthens legal battles against air pollution and climate harm

Medical and scientific evidence is proving invaluable in holding public authorities accountable for the impact of unlawful air pollution on people's health, say experts in The BMJ's climate issue today.

5 Nov 2025

Louisiana took months to sound alarm after two babies died in whooping cough outbreak

When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat.

4 Nov 2025

Familiar voices help reduce the risk of delirium in ICU patients

The innovative use of recorded messages from a family member to provide reorientation information to a critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation helped reduce the risk of developing delirium, according to new research published in American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC).

3 Nov 2025

Study sheds light on the practice patterns of aerosol drug therapy in patients with ARDS

A new review led by Associate Professor Sanjay Singhal from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences sheds light on the prevalence and practice patterns of ADT in patients with ARDS.

29 Oct 2025

Using machine learning to shed light on how well the triage systems work

A multinational collaboration at Eitri medical innovation center in Bergen, Norway, has used machine learning models to identify patient groups at risk of being mistreated.

27 Oct 2025

Intensive Care News and Research

Breakthrough in imaging speed moves portable stroke diagnosis closer to reality

Low-cost pantoprazole improves outcomes, reduces ICU stay, study finds

Circadian rhythms can influence outcomes related to influenza infections

Challenges in providing palliative care for adolescents and young adults with cancer

Lung to gut movement of hospital-acquired bacterium raises the risk of sepsis

Gaining too little or too much weight in pregnancy affects birth outcomes

C-reactive protein shows stronger accuracy for early-onset sepsis in preterm newborns

Most pregnancies involve weight gain outside healthy ranges with major health impacts

Unified global scoring system urgently needed for intensive care

Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps

Maternal obesity raises childhood epilepsy and disability risks, new study shows

Evolocumab shows clear benefit in preventing first-time heart attacks and strokes

Standard care found to be the better choice for older people with irregular heart rhythms

Death risk found to be six times higher among hospitalized patients with dyspnea

Evolving epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcus in critical care

Medical evidence strengthens legal battles against air pollution and climate harm

Louisiana took months to sound alarm after two babies died in whooping cough outbreak

Familiar voices help reduce the risk of delirium in ICU patients

Study sheds light on the practice patterns of aerosol drug therapy in patients with ARDS

Using machine learning to shed light on how well the triage systems work

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