ECMO May Come With Mental Health Costs Use of ECMO for critical illness linked to modestly increased risk of new mental health diagnoses Oct 26, 2022
Beware When Anesthesia in the ICU Runs Afoul of the Law Certain procedural sedation practices for the critically ill are technically illegal Oct 26, 2022
Extra Mobilization Doesn't Save Lives, Time in the ICU Randomized trial may suggest that the "dose" from good usual care is enough Oct 26, 2022
Probiotics in the ICU Linked to Higher Risk of Central Line Infections, Death Powder formulations associated with highest risk of infection Oct 19, 2022
Even Intubated COVID Patients Potentially See Vaccine Benefits Better survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome when fully vaccinated Oct 07, 2022
Salt Pills During Diuresis: Acute HF Patients Neither Helped Nor Harmed Small randomized trial challenges conventional thinking about sodium Oct 05, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
Toxicologist From 'The Good Nurse' on Catching a Killer Steven Marcus, MD, on following through with suspicions and calling out a flawed system Sep 22, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
Glutamine for Burn Patients: Time for a Rethink Randomized RE-ENERGIZE trial shows no impact on major outcomes Sep 09, 2022
Full-Dose Anticoagulation Cuts VTE in Severe COVID-19 But is it worthwhile without a mortality benefit? Trials present complex picture Aug 31, 2022
After Cardiac Arrest, No 'Best' Blood Pressure, Oxygen Target BOX trial finds targets aiming to boost perfusion held no advantage Aug 27, 2022
Can Paxlovid, Molnupiravir Benefit Hospitalized COVID Patients Too? Antivirals were associated with lower all-cause mortality and illness severity during BA.2 Aug 26, 2022
From the Edge of Death: A Doctor's Journey Rana Awdish, MD, on her life-changing crisis and seeing the humanity in medicine Aug 23, 2022 podcast
Lowering Antenatal Betamethasone Dose Misses in Randomized Trial In BETADOSE study, half-dose regimen fails to meet noninferiority criteria Aug 22, 2022
Life-Threatening Collapsed Lung: Survival Better With Prehospital Needle Insertion Should prehospital needle decompression be used more frequently in trauma cases? Aug 17, 2022
Newborns of Disabled Mothers Face Birth Risks Smaller babies, more preterm births observed Aug 08, 2022
ICU Stay Doubles Dementia Risk Higher risks of both Alzheimer's and all-type dementia seen Aug 02, 2022
Racial Disparities Seen in Preemie Lung Disease Infants of Black mothers face more challenges with bronchopulmonary dysplasia Aug 01, 2022
Blood Viscosity Enters the Equation in COVID Mortality Its association with death may be unrelated to inflammation Jul 18, 2022
Defeat for Erythropoietin in Infant Encephalopathy Tide turns for presumed treatment for neonatal brain dysfunction Jul 13, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Choke Oxygen Delivery to Minorities in ICU Overestimation of oxygen saturation has real consequences for darker skin patients Jul 11, 2022
'Don't Let Me Die in Pain,' My Patient Pleaded We must better manage the suffering of patients with a history of substance use disorder Jul 09, 2022
Whopping Mortality Benefit in Severe COVID Trial Oral sabizabulin showed 55% reduction in risk for death in hospitalized patients Jul 07, 2022
FLCCC Co-Founder's Medical License Expires Paul Marik, MD, says he does not intend to renew his license or obtain a new one Jul 06, 2022
Respiratory Therapist Charged With Murder 20 Years Later Prosecutors allege a spate of odd deaths while Jennifer Anne Hall was employed at the hospital May 12, 2022
Automated Head-Raising Device Tied to Better CPR Results in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation bundle linked with improved odds of neurologically favorable survival Apr 24, 2022
Donation After Circulatory Death Offers Opportunity to Boost Organ Pool A more controversial approach to heart harvesting, meanwhile, is raising ethical qualms Apr 22, 2022
'Euthanasia Pivots on Intent:' Physician Witnesses in Husel Trial Speak Out Physician expert witnesses on either side of the Husel trial dive into case's gray areas Apr 21, 2022 video
'Great' News on Wrong Diagnoses in Pediatric ICUs Few mistakes seen in multicenter study, though likely an underestimate, researcher says Apr 21, 2022
Ohio Doctor Not Guilty of Murdering Patients With High Opioid Doses Jurors, once at an impasse, found William Husel, DO, not guilty after a week of deliberations Apr 20, 2022
Bedside Heart Pump Insertion: No Trip to the Cath Lab Necessary? Cardiogenic shock patients could stay in the cardiac ICU for IABP placement, group finds Apr 15, 2022
COVID-Related AKI Chronically Hard on Kidneys More critically ill COVID patients developed CKD versus bacterial pneumonia patients Apr 08, 2022
Pumping (IV) Iron Linked to Varying Anaphylaxis Risk for Older Adults Study finds risk was low, but unequal across different products Mar 28, 2022
Infamous Vitamin C Study May Rely on Fraudulent Data Statistician alleges data in study led by Paul Marik, MD, were fabricated Mar 25, 2022
It's Not Over for Aspirin in Moderate COVID-19 Results more favorable for older people, those with comorbidities Mar 24, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
Awake Prone Positioning: Which COVID Patients Benefit? Meta-analysis supports maneuver to reduce need for intubation in these groups Mar 17, 2022
