For many patients leaving the ICU, the struggle has only begun

A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to ...
Nature

Dysphagia Management in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Dysphagia, the impairment of swallowing, is a common complication in intensive care settings, particularly among patients who have undergone prolonged mechanical ventilation or endotracheal intubation ...
The Herald Star

WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center opens expanded ICU

WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center has opened its expanded Intensive Care Unit, delivering a higher level of care to ...
WTOV on MSN

WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center expands ICU, adopts closed-care model

Some of the region’s sickest patients may soon be able to stay closer to home as WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center expands ...

Blankets created by Georgia Tech researchers could help prevent bedsores in young patients

Bedsores can make what's already a hard stay in the hospital even worse, so researchers at Georgia Tech have created a new ...
Oregonian

Portland-area hospital to close pediatric intensive care unit

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center will permanently close its pediatric intensive care unit in November, hospital officials announced Tuesday. Providence Health & Services Oregon said the number of ...