Different hospitals may use these specialized units for cardiac or critical care, which may be similar to an intensive care unit (ICU). Once you don’t need 24-hour critical or cardiac care, you will ...

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 ...

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Respiratory and heart problems are the top reasons children are admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the U.S. (Photo Credit: Monkey Business Images/Dreamstime) What is the PICU? The ...

This paper describes a paradigm shift occurring in neonatal intensive care. Care teams are moving from a focus limited to healing the baby’s medical problems towards a focus that also requires ...

The patients on a busy intensive care unit have been moved from one part of an east London hospital to another. BBC London went to witness the challenging mission. It's 10 o'clock in the morning. It ...

The traditional goals of intensive care are to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with critical illness, maintain organ function, and restore health. Despite technological advances, death ...

Before the 1930s, many of those undergoing the most complicated surgeries died soon after. One gifted surgeon made a simple but drastic change which transformed healthcare. Harvey Cushing was the most ...

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing.

The four-bed pediatric intensive care unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center will close in the first week of November, the hospital announced today. “This decision comes after persistent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Providence St. Vincent Medical Center will permanently shut down its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the first week of November. The hospital announced the closure plan ...