Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of angiotensin receptor blockers was associated with less need for ventilation and vasopressors among men ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For sepsis-induced hypotension, a restrictive fluid strategy with earlier vasopressor use didn't impact mortality compared with liberal fluids, the CLOVERS trial showed. The ...

Advanced respiratory support is common in ICU patients with severe viral infections; however, additional infections do not substantially affect 30-day mortality outcomes.

Hospitals with a high percentage of patients cared for in the intensive care unit are more likely to incur higher costs and perform more invasive procedures with no improvement in patient mortality ...

ORLANDO -- Only about a quarter of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock were given corticosteroids, and this varied widely by physician and ICU, according to a retrospective cohort ...

A majority of U.S. states currently have 80 percent or more intensive care unit (ICU) beds in use as the COVID-19 Omicron variant continues to spread throughout the nation. Data from the U.S.

Among patients with PPCM and gestational diabetes, there are higher odds of vasopressor and IABP use and lower odds for acute kidney injury.

From 1993 to 2002, an increasing proportion of patients in whom advanced lung cancer had been diagnosed received ICU care near the end of life. Of those patients receiving ICU care, one in four ...

The investigators analyzed data from all adult ICU patients at three affiliated hospitals between 2010 and 2013. They excluded patients who had recent C. diff infections, and focused on patients with ...