intensive care unit (ICU) Archive — Page 1 of 5
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August 23, 2023
How caregivers can reclaim what COVID-19 took away
Vanderbilt University Medical Center hosted an online "Bedside Matters" to discuss the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on front-line providers of health care. -
February 23, 2023
Review explores ICU-related cognitive impact scores
A recent systematic review by Vanderbilt researchers has taken a close look at the cognitive instruments used in long-term outcome studies of survivors of adult critical illness and how those test scores are interpreted. -
October 11, 2022
Skin pigment affects oxygen monitor
Black patients in the ICU were more likely to have low or high blood oxygen levels than white patients, even when a pulse oximeter indicated 92-96% oxygen saturation, Vanderbilt researchers found. -
September 22, 2022
Reduced exercise capacity in ICU survivors
ICU survivors who have impaired exercise capacity months after discharge may have damaged muscle mitochondria — the energy powerhouses of the cell, Vanderbilt researchers propose. -
December 15, 2021
Down syndrome patient celebrates anniversary of novel transplant
Vanderbilt patient Joe Eitl was among the first patients in the country with Down syndrome to undergo a heart and liver transplant. -
December 13, 2021
VUMC treats influx of trauma victims from Kentucky and Tennessee tornadoes
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September 22, 2021
Rounds: Hard conversations