A study of four common medical conditions suggests hospitals that used intensive care units (ICUs) more frequently were more likely to perform invasive procedures and have higher costs while showing ...

Hospitals with high volumes of intensive care unit patients perform more invasive procedures at higher costs, but mortality rates do not improve compared to those hospitalized elsewhere, according to ...

Newborns with delayed thyroid-stimulating hormone elevation may experience a greater need for surgery and other invasive procedures compared with newborns without delayed elevation, according to ...

Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although aging was associated with an increased risk for mortality in the 3 years following hospital ICU ...

In one of the first detailed studies of the informed-consent process in an ICU, the researchers found that the rapid, unpredictable pace of critical illness combined with the inability of very sick ...

The first attempt at remote intensive care unit management (eICU) was reported in 1977, when Grundy and colleagues [1] used a two-way audiovisual link between a small private hospital and a large ...

Patients admitted to ICUs underwent more costly and invasive procedures but didn't have better mortality rates than hospitalized patients with the same medical conditions who weren't admitted to the ...

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Hospitals with a high percentage of patients cared for in the intensive care unit are more likely to incur higher costs and perform more invasive procedures with no improvement in patient mortality ...