SAN FRANCISCO -- CPR with a device that raises the head to improve blood circulation had better-than-expected neurologically intact survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients for ...

Objective Diagnostic errors lead to preventable hospital morbidity and mortality. ICU patients may be at particularly high risk for misdiagnosis. Little is known about misdiagnosis in pediatrics, ...

Postextubation use of certain modes of noninvasive respiratory support was associated with fewer incidents of extubation failure in critically ill children, a meta-analysis found. Compared with ...

A brand new pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is now open at Utah Valley Hospital as part of the Primary Children's Network. Heather Peterson, RN and PICU Nurse Educator at Utah Valley Hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with active asthma symptoms were 14.43 times more likely to be admitted to the PICU. Patients admitted ...

Two thirds of children who underwent genetic testing in the pediatric intensive care unit showed a genetic variant, and a third of these children received changes in care as a result, according to a ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – California's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has restricted Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital from accepting some new chronically ill children to its pediatric intensive ...

Only 28.0% of pediatric ICU (PICU) admissions to a tertiarycare center (MCV) over an 8-year period required acute mechanical ventilation (MV), yet these accounted for 52.5% of total PICU patient days.