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Physician, Radiologist Liable for "Locked-In Syndrome" Diagnosis

03/07/2024

A jury recently found an emergency department (ED) physician and radiologist liable for failing to diagnose a brain-stem stroke in a patient who was subsequently left with “locked-in syndrome,” which is...

03/07/2024

Research Summaries

Research Summary

Comparison of Cefepime and Piperacillin-Tazobactam For Risk of Acute Kidney Injury

01/09/2024

Jessica Ganga

In a randomized clinical trial, a team of researchers compared the use of cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam—commonly used medications for empirical treatment of infection—to determine the risks of...

01/09/2024

management

Manifestations, Outcomes of Adult Onset Still Disease

11/22/2022

To better understand aspects of adult onset Still disease, a rare disorder with complications that may be fatal, researchers examined the various clinical presentations and outcomes associated with the...

11/22/2022

Life Support

Higher Rate of New Mental Health Diagnoses Among ECMO Survivors

11/02/2022

The researchers sought to find an association between patients who were critically ill and received ECMO during treatment, and the presence of a new mental health diagnosis.

11/02/2022

Health Care Disparities

Racial, Ethnic Disparities in ICU Oxygen Supplementation

08/01/2022

Researchers determine the racial and ethnic differences in patients that receive supplemental oxygen in the intensive care unit.

08/01/2022

Intensive care medicine

Telemonitoring Reduces Mortality Rate Among ICU Boarders

09/23/2019

Critically ill patients in the emergency department may spend hours to days awaiting transfer to the intensive care unit. Can emergency-department–based, ICU telemonitoring improve the outcome among these...

09/23/2019

April 2024

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April 2024

Volume 64

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