Critical Care News

COVID-19 vaccination decreased the risk for CV events, hospitalization and death among patients with HF, according to a poster presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure 2024 meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Individuals with inspiratory muscle weakness 2 years after COVID-19 hospitalization had improvement with inspiratory muscle training, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Patients ventilated for pneumonia or sepsis faced higher mortality odds as the racial diversity of the patient population increased, according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Carrying out extubation readiness assessments twice a day lowered median ICU length of stay, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Home health nursing for medically complex children appeared difficult to obtain and costly, placing significant burdens on families, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Fewer patients with sepsis receiving acetaminophen vs. placebo developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Following transplantation, recipients with a lung from a donor who had tobacco smoke exposure did not have higher mortality, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In an effort to help more patients in need of lungs receive a transplant, researchers are considering a technique that pumps blood to a donor’s organs and re-perfuses the lungs, according to a press release.

Among patients with diabetes undergoing emergency surgery, the risk for respiratory complications afterward was not heightened with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Rural area residents in need of medical attention might not be able to get the care they require due to the current intensive care crisis in these areas, according to a paper published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.