Patients admitted to cardiac intensive care units often are not suffering from cardiac conditions, rather they are admitted for other conditions, such as sepsis or renal failure, according to a study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recreational drug use was detected among 11% of patients admitted to cardiac ICUs. Cannabis, cocaine and MDMA ...

Addition of echocardiogram measurement of biventricular dysfunction improved the accuracy of prognosis among patients with cardiac shock (CS) in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). In patients in ...

A veteran US cardiac ICU nurse says sleeping position may influence heart health at night. She suggests left-side sleeping ...

Sedation weaning protocol reduces total opioid exposure in infants following cardiac surgery In the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), a specific sedation weaning guideline significantly ...

A writing group sponsored by the American Heart Association and other organizations discusses trends in critical care and lessons learned from general medical and surgical intensive care units in a ...

Music therapy could significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure and patient–ventilator asynchronies for patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), according to research being ...

Bronny James went into cardiac arrest and was taken to the hospital during a Monday basketball practice. He is now in stable condition and is no longer in the ICU, according to a statement from a ...

Cris Lencioni, an MMA fighter who competes in Bellator, is "currently in the ICU in his biggest fight yet" after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier this month, his family said on Monday. Lencioni’s ...