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Effects of Patient-Directed Music Intervention on Anxiety and Sedative Exposure in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory SupportA Randomized Clinical Trial.

zedie wrote 38 minutes ago: ABSTRACT Importance  Alternatives to sedative medications, such as music, may alleviate the anxiety … more →

Tags: Medicine, News, anxiety, Intensive care medicine, JAMA, Music therapy, NCH, pdm, Sedative

Music Therapy in the ICU — Another Way to Lower Sedation Use?

zedie wrote 46 minutes ago: Awake intensive care unit patients who received music therapy were less anxious than those who did n … more →

Tags: Medicine, anxiety, ICU, Intensive care medicine, Music therapy, noise-cancelling headphones, patient, Sedation

Teacher Found In ICU After Vanishing On Train

anniefairman wrote 12 hours ago: [worldnow id=9006140 width=420 height=315 type=video] LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Van Nuys teacher w … more →

Tags: Local, News, Syndicated Local, watch & listen, Ciara O'Rourke, METRO, missing, teacher

My Last Suicide Attempt - Part 3: The Aftermath

noahskye wrote 1 day ago: The Aftermath Like after every suicide attempt I had before, I thought the worse was behind me. I be … more →

Tags: Suicide, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Suicide 2, Failed suicide attempt, Major Depressive Disorder, hospital, Diagnoses, Seizures

Effectiveness of a bundled intervention of decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.

zedie wrote 3 days ago: Abstract Objective To evaluate studies assessing the effectiveness of a bundle of nasal decolonizati … more →

Tags: journals, MRSA, PubMed, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cinahl, gram positive bacteria, Gram, Staphylococcus aureus

Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection.

zedie wrote 3 days ago: BACKGROUND Both targeted decolonization and universal decolonization of patients in intensive care u … more →

Tags: journals, MRSA, New England Journal of Medicine, patient, Infection, ICU, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Decolonization

A Better Way to Die5 comments

Daniela wrote 4 days ago: Bringing together medicine and spirituality for end-of-life care AMELIA MARTYN-HEMPHILLJUN 12 2013, … more →

Tags: united states, palliative care, End of Life Care, patient, hospital, terminal illness, Center for American Politics and Citizenship

Missing St. Paul woman with diabetes found alive in Edina park - TwinCities.com

Jim Sethman wrote 4 days ago: Missing St. Paul woman with diabetes found alive in Edina park – TwinCities.com. … more →

Tags: located, alive, MN, St. Paul, Mari Ruddy, diabetes, Unconscious, ICU

Talk Of the Town In Paradise On Earth By Laurel Sobol1 comment

USA PRESS STAFF wrote 6 days ago: Jack Johnson inspired me in 2007 at a time when I thought I’d lose my dear friend and brother … more →

Tags: Acrylic Paint, Art, Art Inspirations, Believe, California, Children, China, Family, Freedom

Interview: Omeid Heidari

Justin Ho wrote 1 week ago: “I have a hole in my chest,” he smiled, “Look press here.” Yup, that was weird. He has this thing ca … more →

Tags: interviews, Health Policy, Inspiration, Irvine, Lab, Nursing, positive state of mind, Positivity, potential

Newborn Intensive Care Unit1 comment

Kasey Rawlings wrote 1 week ago: A new parent’s (definitely mine) fear is to have something to go wrong before you even leave t … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Misadventure, Breastfeeding, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Jaundice, NICU, Friday, Bilirubin, hospital

Nelson Mandela in Intensive Care for Lung Infection

news92fm Staff wrote 1 week ago: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Former South African President Nelson Man … more →

Tags: ABC World News, National, lung infection, Nelson Mandela

Should we shift him to a better hospital?

akhilkgawar wrote 1 week ago: ICU is the place where the patient is when he is the most critical. Also, it’s a place where one has … more →

Tags: Healthcare, hospital, ICU, India, Intensive care medicine, medanta, patient, Second Opinion, Telemedicine

A NICU Experience shows the Art and Heart of Nursing2 comments

anthonyrn wrote 1 week ago: Source: Forrest General Hospital A few days ago I talked about being a smarter nurse and the science … more →

Tags: nursing practice, Art of Nursing, Heart of Nursing, Nursing, Human Experience, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NICU, compassion, Mike Spohr

there are many ways for a doctor to

ostoventures wrote 1 week ago: there are many ways for a doctor to diagnose IBD, the most common how ever is a blood test and a col … more →

Tags: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colonoscopy, Disease, health, Medicine, "crohn's disease", feeding tube, respiratory arrest

The latest on MRSA from the CDC

Gloria Attar RN BSN wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve wondered why the CDC never recommended an antibiotic ointment to treat MRSA. I’ve h … more →

Tags: Wellness, health, Health Advice, MRSA, CDC, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, antibacterial, Hospital Corporation of America

Love your Liver

bethoakes wrote 2 weeks ago: “Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time.” Deborah Chaskin   note**Thi … more →

Tags: hospital, three days journey, Pittsburgh, Life Support, Pittsburgh Presbyterian, Nitrous Oxide, toenails, respiratory failure, Red Flags

What Is Happening In Istanbul?2 comments

charlywarly82 wrote 2 weeks ago: Source defnesumansblogs.com To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know w … more →

Tags: the World, istanbul, turkey, Taksim Square, Shopping Mall, tear gas, police

Day 2 of 30 Day Challenge4 comments

Anya wrote 2 weeks ago: Question: Do you believe in an afterlife? Not in the sense that I believe we go to Heaven or Hell, b … more →

Tags: Buddhism, compassion 2, Feng Shui, spirituality, Suicide, Therapy, yoga 2, Zen, Afterlife


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