Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Stella Shon experienced a life-threatening reaction to over-the-counter medication. After she left the ICU her insurers ...

Purpose: The frequency of drug administration errors and incompatibilities between intravenous drugs before and after an intervention in an intensive care unit (ICU) is discussed. Methods ...

Inc. (ICU) stock has touched a 52-week low, falling to $1.69, with a market capitalization now at just $7.65 million.

ICU delirium can be associated with a multitude of factors including underlying and acute medical conditions, pharmacologic agents or treatment regimens like surgery. Currently there is no definitive ...

Delirium is characterized by an acute change in cognition, accompanied by either altered consciousness or disorganized ...

The risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the ICU is less in those ...

Patient care documents (eg, medication order sheets, notes) and incident reports were used to identify medication errors and ADEs in a 24-bed adult medical/surgical ICU and an 18-bed cardiac ICU in a ...

Photos of a 4-month-old kitten found at a burn area in Altadena is so heartbreaking. The kitten was just one of many animals ...

They removed a slaughterhouse pig’s brain from its head and deprived it of oxygen at room temperature for four hours. Then, ...