Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

The SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Critical Care Medicine fellowship program offers a one or two-year A.C.G.M.E.-accredited critical care fellowship to graduates of approved ...

A research team has warned medical experts in the Northern Hemisphere not to underestimate the serious impact of the H1N1 (Swine flu) virus with a new report showing that many patients who were ...

Lullaby Hour brings professional musicians into NICUs, using gentle live music to support sick newborns, reduce stress, and ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Trauma surgeons (also called critical care and acute care surgeons) specialize in performing emergency surgeries on people who’ve had a critical injury or illness. Trauma surgery requires extensive ...

As COVID-19 patients began to flood New York’s hospitals in March, numerous medical treatments – some lifesaving – were upended. Cancer patients have had important surgeries postponed, kidney dialysis ...

More than two months after he was thrown from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America, 5-year-old Landen Hoffman remains in intensive care and is still under “constant treatment and ...

In the study, less intensive follow-up was associated with a lower lung cancer risk through 1 and 2 years, "but this still ...

In our comprehensive fellowship program, you will receive a broad range of hands-on clinical experience and individualized instruction from nationally-known physicians and investigators in a collegial ...