POSTS TAGGED AS critical care

Breath test for Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Ventilator associated pneumonia
“In this study, researchers [Hefei Institutes for Physical Sciences, Hefei, China] used breath samples from 42 patients with [MORE]

Bedside MRI

Hyperfine point-of-care MRI
“Conventional MRI scanners need dedicated rooms with entry protocols, quench venting, and safety measures, and patients have to [MORE]

International eICU monitoring

Telemedicine model
Heretofore, licensure has limited telemedicine across state and international boundaries. A physician licensed in Idaho, for example, couldn’t do [MORE]

Best Practices for eICU’s

Tele ICU
Electronic intensive care units—which use telemonitoring to round on critical ill patients—made slow progress in hospitals before the [MORE]

Mayo Clinic’s Wide Area Remote Monitoring

Enhanced Critical Care Monitoring
Mayo Clinic has created its “Enhanced Critical Care Program,” 24/7/365, for its sickest patients and the [MORE]

2011 Medical Design Excellence Awards

Point-of-Care Gas Analyzer
From catheters to surgical headlamps, modular furniture for hospital rooms to a “JuggerKnot” that replaces bone screws, [MORE]

A Light-Weight Ventilator

EnVeTM Light-Weight Ventilator
After a year of test runs, CareFusion (San Diego, CA) has begun sales of its 9.5 [MORE]