Mechanical ventilation highlights the fundamental paradox of critical care: it can be both life-saving and life-threatening.

Two randomized trials` results point that among intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation, use of the sedative dexmedetomidine was not inferior (outcome not worse ...

Scripted recordings of family members’ voices significantly increased delirium-free days for patients in the ICU who required ...

More time spent in deep sedation while on mechanical ventilation in the ICU was linked to loss of independent living in ICU patients.

I walk in to Mr. W’s room to say hello. He is 73 years old and has been in the hospital for three months, ever since he was diagnosed with Covid-19 and developed pneumonia. He smiles at me when I ...

A new study has found a molecular mechanism that may explain the connection between mechanical ventilation and hippocampal damage in ICU patients. At least 30 percent of patients in intensive care ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study at 56 children’s hospitals in the U.S. They examined children younger than 2 years old discharged between 2012 and 2016 with a diagnosis of ...

New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults have been published by researchers. The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other health care ...

October 16, 2006 -- A computer-driven system for weaning from mechanical ventilation is effective in reducing duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, according ...

Purpose. The evidence evaluating daily interruption of sedation (DIS) in mechanically ventilated patients, the benefits of this intervention, and the barriers to its incorporation into clinical ...

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Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The diaphragm is the most important ...