Do family members of loved ones who are critically ill and being treated in an intensive care unit at a hospital belong there when clinicians are performing bedside procedures? A new study from ...

Simulation sessions can help maintain clinician proficiency and prepare staff members to be part of the multidisciplinary team during high-risk procedures that happen suddenly and infrequently. One ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...