Mr. S, a 63-year-old man with a recent history of peptic ulcer disease who is taking proton pump inhibitor therapy (his only medication) as an outpatient, is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) ...
January 18, 2011 (San Diego, California) — More than half of elderly people admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) receive prescriptions for drugs they do not need when it's time to go home, ...
Use of the sedative dexmedetomidine for critically ill patients resulted in less time on a ventilator and less delirium compared to patients administered a more commonly used drug, according to a ...
Intensive care unit patients on respirators who were sedated with the drug dexmedetomidine had more days alive without delirium or coma and better sedation compared to patients treated with the ...
February 15, 2011 — Although acid-suppressive medication protects against nosocomial gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding outside of the intensive care unit (ICU), the number needed to treat to ...