Icu Patient Articles & Analysis
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In the report, VRE was said to have caused an estimated 54,500 infections among hospitalized patients and 5,400 estimated deaths in the United States in 2017 alone. Some of the patients listed by CDC as being at high risk for VRE infections include those undergoing complex or prolonged healthcare, such as patients in long-term acute care ...
Particular support for decolonisation of pathogens which is the approach taken by its XF-73 Nasal programme Destiny Pharma plc (AIM: DEST), a clinical stage innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections, today reports on the publication of findings from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Centers for ...
N8 Medical, LLC (N8 Medical) today announced its first-in-human clinical trials of its flagship CeraShield™ endotracheal tube (CeraShield™ ETT) for intensive care unit patients expected to require mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. ...
The SeptiScore®, as evaluated by SeptiCyte® RAPID, of critical and severe patients in the ICU was higher relative to the moderate and mild cases not in ICU. Also, the utility of the SeptiScore® for longitudinal monitoring of patients with severe cases was suggested by repeat testing on selected ...
I am thrilled to join Bluejay because it is seeking to offer healthcare providers the opportunity to conduct important tests using whole blood for patients with life threatening conditions in a near-patient setting. Our commitment to advancing the Symphony System and the opportunity to work with such a talented team is very inspiring to me. ...
Ergotrics is pleased to present the world’s first inflatable prone ventilation support to improve prone ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Scientific studies highlight the benefits of optimized PEEP and long recruitment for ARDS patients ventilated in alternating supine/prone position, but it is one of the most challenging and ergonomically ...
"The CBC is extensively used to manage COVID-19 patients' disease progression and clinical decision-making, such as transfer to ICU, intubation and patient antibiotic regimes. ...
Applying non-invasive electrical stimulation to the expiratory abdominal muscles may reduce abdominal muscle atrophy and markedly reduce the number of days adult patients require mechanical ventilation – a potentially important finding for weaning ventilated patients, including seriously ill COVID-19 patients, and improving ...
Current treatment options are not well-studied and often require invasive surgeries and prolonged stays in the ICU.” Patients often present with focal neurological symptoms, non-focal cognitive symptoms or generalized dysfunction. “The STEM study will enable us to learn a tremendous amount about how to help these patients and how ...
According to the FDA letter, “patients at high risk of weaning failure include COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation and [other] patients being mechanically ventilated for other high-risk conditions including post-cardiac and post-thoracic surgical procedures and medical ICU patients requiring prolonged ...
John Muscedere of Kingston General Hospital’s emergency request to begin using the N8 Medical CeraShield™ Endotracheal Tubes in mechanically-ventilated COVID-19 patients. N8 Medical’s CeraShield™ Endotracheal Tube has a patented anti-fouling coating that is designed to prevent deadly bacterial infections that frequently occur in ventilated ...
Furthermore, the donated products are expected to help patients at ICU (Intensive Care Unit) with severe new corona-virus pneumonia performing sputum treatment and respiratory rehabilitation. ...
The study was designed to establish performance characteristics of the PSP test in the early detection of sepsis. A total of 300 adult ICU patients at high risk of developing sepsis admitted to 14 ICU sites in the UK, France, Italy and Switzerland were enrolled. ...
Hunterdon Medical Center, a 178-bed non-profit community hospital, and Christie Medical Holdings, Inc., a global leader in portable vein finders, today announced that use of the Christie VeinViewer® Vision2 is helping to improve the level of care provided to their patients. “A key goal for implementation of VeinViewer systems was to decrease the number of central lines ...