Being fully vaccinated was associated with better survival for patients intubated for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) owing to COVID-19, a small multicenter study from Greece showed. In a ...

Severely ill pediatric patients can be particularly vulnerable to conditions that affect the ocular surface, according to a speaker. “That can be due to factors like facial trauma, altered levels of ...

Angioedema on a man’s upper lip While patients with angioedema are routinely given steroids, the use of steroids in intubated patients had no effect on intensive care unit hours, intubation length, or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multicenter, randomized trial is planned to assess ketamine vs. etomidate in patients requiring intubation.

Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...

In a cohort study of patients with active hemorrhage, endotracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) was associated with higher mortality rates, more frequent ICU admissions, and a greater ...

Intubation is a word that’s been mentioned a lot lately when it comes to discussing patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19. But the procedure isn’t specific to the novel coronavirus; it’s been ...

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State health officials on Tuesday reported a pandemic low for the number of coronavirus patients who are currently intubated across the Bay State. After hospitalizations dramatically plunged, there ...

A conservative strategy of withholding intubation is associated with clinical benefit in comatose patients with acute poisoning, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in the Journal of the ...

Gilbert Torres sat in his hospital bed, sheets wrapped around his legs, clutching his phone with trembling hands. Three weeks before, he was working his shift at a truck wash on South Alameda Street, ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Prone positioning significantly reduced the need for intubation among nonintubated adults with ...