My health insurance covered nearly $900K after 26 days in the ICU, but the real financial battle started after I left the hospital
Stella Shon experienced a life-threatening reaction to over-the-counter medication. After she left the ICU her insurers ...
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Operating Room Extubation may not Increase Postoperative Delirium or Reintubation Rates, but Reduces Intubation Duration: Study
Postoperative delirium is frequently seen in cardiac surgery patients, affecting as many as 52% of individuals undergoing these procedures. Moreover, delirium following cardiac surgery is ...
Medscape2y
Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure
nMV should be avoided, and endotracheal intubation performed ... the length of stay in ICU and probably the number of ICU readmissions. Side effects of nMV seem less severe than those associated ...
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Etomidate and Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients With Septic Shock
Patients who received etomidate prior to intubation were compared to those ... mortality but was associated with significantly higher ICU mortality (91% vs. 64% for etomidate and controls groups ...
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International Dysphagia Research Studies
Our first large-scale retrospective observational cohort study of patients in the largest Greek step-down intensive care unit (ICU) revealed that 23% ... Moderate/severe dysphagia was correlated with ...