Behind every life saved is a doctor battling time, pressure, and emotion. This Doctor's Day, take a closer look at a day in the life of an ICU doctor.
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 ...
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 ...
Intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired weakness often develops in patients who are undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Early active mobilization may mitigate ICU-acquired weakness, increase ...
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are the specialists who manage mechanical ventilators in ICUs, keeping critically ill patients alive when they cannot breathe on their own. An Associate of Science in ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The proportion of clinicians with burnout at 6 months did not significantly differ between those in vs. not in ...