An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specialized facility in most hospitals that is meant for critical patients who are extremely injured or ill and cannot function without the help of the monitors.

The COVID-19 ICU is quiet. Ventilators hum inside patient rooms, and sensors beep. The phone rings occasionally: sometimes another hospital floor calling, other times a family member inquiring about ...

The limitation of resources for health care is a well-known scenario. With regard to access to specialized beds in intensive care, there is often no availability for all the people who need it. To ...

Diaphragm weakness affects up to 60% of ventilated patients leading to muscle atrophy, reduction of muscle fiber force via muscle fiber injuries and prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Hospitals across Tennessee are at a breaking point as doctors work non-stop to try to keep up with the influx of patients. A year ago, the COVID ICU Unit at Ascension Saint ...

In the US, our thinking about the allocation of ICU resources in crisis situations is fundamentally flawed and unnecessarily limited. It’s time to consider a transparent, coordinated national approach ...