News tagged with critically ill patients

EMS can prevent limb and respiratory muscle weakness in ICU patients

Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) can prevent critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM), according to Greek researchers. CIPNM is an acquired limb and respiratory muscle weakness that is a common and serious problem among ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the ICU, use of benzodiazepines, other factors may predict severity of post-stay depression

Psychiatrists and critical care specialists at Johns Hopkins have begun to tease out what there is about a stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) that leads so many patients to report depression after they go home.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Family members of critically ill patients want to discuss loved ones' uncertain prognoses

Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study out of the University of San Francisco ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0