High levels of blood markers for vascular endothelial dysfunction were associated with longer periods of confusion in ICU patients, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

Quinton Smith doesn’t remember much of what happened one Sunday evening last March. He was disoriented, unable to stand and could not even recognize his girlfriend’s face after she returned home from work.

A “bundle” of electronically implemented care guidelines reduced intensive care unit patient complications related to mechanical ventilation.

The irregular heart rhythm atrial fibrillation increases the risk of death in patients in the intensive care unit.

Their wedding date was just weeks away when Caleb Hanby and his fiancée Bethany Davidson rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center last Thursday.

Depression affects more than one out of three survivors of critical illness, according to a Vanderbilt study released in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, and the majority of patients experience their symptoms physically rather than mentally.

Patients who suffer a longer duration of delirium in the intensive care unit are more likely to experience long-term disability after discharge.