The incidence density of VAP per 1,000 ventilator days in the ICU was 1.3 in 2009 ... 1 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 627/701 ...

A new clinical trial will test whether hearing slow tempo music through noise-cancelling headphones makes ICU patients less likely to develop delirium while they are on a ventilator.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common type of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. Clinical diagnosis of VAP still depends on the results of microbial culture ...

Before we place patients on a ventilator, we, the ICU staff, often make video calls home. Hands reach out to each other, millimeters apart on the screen but cruelly, never able to touch. Real ...

Intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired weakness often develops in patients who are undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Early active mobilization may mitigate ICU-acquired weakness, increase ...

Region’s COVID ICU, ventilator patient counts rise quickly by: Jeff Keeling, Anslee Daniel. Posted: Jul 27, 2022 / 06:32 PM EDT. Updated: Jul 27, 2022 / 06:32 PM EDT.