Like my patients, he was on life support—but from my body rather than machines. Illustration by Victor Juhasz. This article appears in the October 16/23, 2023 issue, with the headline “The Labor of ...
A multidisciplinary panel convened by the American College of Critical Care Medicine has developed new guideline ...
The pressure is on in the intensive care unit (ICU). In the ICU, the cardiac monitors constantly beep—beeps that follow you to sleep and invade your dreams. Has my patient’s blood pressure increased ...
Home is often where recovery begins after being hospitalized for a serious illness. But for some people, it may also be where ...
At 3 a.m., an ICU tells the truth. You hear the rhythm of monitors and the quiet urgency of every footstep. In that moment, you remember that a single delayed decision can change an outcome. Having ...
Dr. Charanya Sivaramakrishnan said she spent the two years of her critical care fellowship living a double life — as a mother and physician. She said she felt like she had to keep those two parts of ...
Atypical N3 sleep patterns correlate with longer ICU stays, indicating potential as a biomarker for prolonged admissions and warranting further investigation. Hypersomnia in ICU patients is linked to ...
The specialty of critical care has achieved important advances in survival for many patients with the most complex disorders. Along with these advances, however, there has been an increasing awareness ...
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