However, a new national study reveals that more seniors are choosing a different path — transitioning from the high-tech world of the ICU to the comfort-focused environment of hospice. The findings ...

Dartmouth Health member hospital Cheshire Medical Center introduced continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), a form of 24-hour dialysis, to its intensive care unit in the last year. The new ...

Discharges to hospice after intensive care unit admission among Medicare recipients increased significantly from 2011 to 2023, according to a February article published in Annals of the American ...

When treatment in an intensive care unit no longer works, the more humane way is to shift the patient to comfort care.

Every second counts in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with changes in patient status potentially occurring quickly and with no prior warning. Around-the-clock blood testing capabilities are essential ...

He said HIV infections had accelerated over the past five years, driven largely by the sharing of needles and syringes among people who inject drugs.