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Q&A: Machine learning models predict risk for delirium in the ICU

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . By training artificial intelligence, or AI, algorithms with electronic health record data, researchers ...
STAT

That ‘damn machine’: the dark side of mechanical ventilators in the ICU

I walk in to Mr. W’s room to say hello. He is 73 years old and has been in the hospital for three months, ever since he was diagnosed with Covid-19 and developed pneumonia. He smiles at me when I ...
News Medical

New machine learning-based model predicts mortality risk of intensive care unit patients

A research team led by Dr Rosario Delgado from the UAB Department of Mathematics, in collaboration with the Hospital de Mataró, developed a new machine learning-based model that predicts the risk of ...
Healio

Q&A: Preventing further harm in pediatric patients on ventilation with machine learning

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ventilators may unintentionally harm patients; research is lacking in children. A new study will test how well ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Early Active Mobilization during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU

Intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired weakness often develops in patients who are undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Early active mobilization may mitigate ICU-acquired weakness, increase ...

Can your home be turned into an ICU? Who it helps and who should avoid it

Home ICU can offer comfort and lower infection risk, but doctors say they are suitable only for carefully selected patients ...