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 ...

Simulation sessions can help maintain clinician proficiency and prepare staff members to be part of the multidisciplinary team during high-risk procedures that happen suddenly and infrequently. One ...

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Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

In one of the first detailed studies of the informed-consent process in an ICU, the researchers found that the rapid, unpredictable pace of critical illness combined with the inability of very sick ...

The first attempt at remote intensive care unit management (eICU) was reported in 1977, when Grundy and colleagues [1] used a two-way audiovisual link between a small private hospital and a large ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although aging was associated with an increased risk for mortality in the 3 years following hospital ICU ...