Intensive Care

Use of invasive mechanical ventilation in 2018 was more prevalent in the United States compared with England and Canada, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Nearly half of patients who received a diagnosis code of “unspecified mycosis” had positive laboratory test results for a specific fungal disease, with the most common being invasive candidiasis, researchers found.

Efficacy and safety of uptitration of standard oral HF medications during hospitalization for acute HF and close monitoring after discharge.

CHICAGO — In patients hospitalized for acute HF, an intensive treatment strategy of rapid uptitration of appropriate medications and close follow-up reduced death and readmission at 180 days compared with usual care, researchers reported.

Patients with COVID-19 in the ICU safely and effectively received direct oral challenges for low-risk and unverified penicillin allergies, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

CHICAGO — Timely screening and treatment are key to preventing progression to retinal detachment in retinopathy of prematurity, according to an expert at Retina Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Adults with diabetes admitted to two ICUs in China were less likely to survive if they had a larger gap between mean blood glucose 7 days after ICU admission and HbA1c-derived average glucose, according to study data.

It is becoming clear that in addition to the immediate clinical effects of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus can have long-term manifestations, experts said.

Approximately one-fifth of young adults hospitalized with COVID-19 required intensive care, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for CLEWICU, an artificial intelligence-based platform that identifies several COVID-19 complications hours before they occur, the manufacturer said in a press release.