Delirium affects up to 50% of patients in the ICU, especially those who are mechanically ventilated and sedated. Delirium is ...

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) account for considerable health care costs. Adequate pain and sedation management is important to clinical care. Objective: To determine whether implementing a ...

Listen to an interview with Richard Barton, M.D. and Nick Lonardo on The Scope Radio. Sedation is frequently required for mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients to reduce anxiety, ...

About 75% of older adults in the ICU develop delirium, a state of confusion with serious short and long-term health consequences including an increased risk of post-ICU dementia. A multi-center ...

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care ...

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that ...

People taking illicit opioids on the streets are increasingly showing up in hospital emergency rooms in Pennsylvania, sickened by a powerful dog and cat sedative. Medetomidine is more potent than ...