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 neurointensive care unit at St. Elizabeth’s Youngstown Hospital expanded from four beds to 16 beds each in private rooms.

A year-long project to increase the size of the neurological intensive care unit at Mercy Health in Youngstown is now ...

Background Patients and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds face distinct challenges ...

Respiratory and heart problems are the top reasons children are admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the U.S. (Photo Credit: Monkey Business Images/Dreamstime) What is the PICU? The ...

Surrogate decision makers for incapacitated, critically ill patients often struggle with decisions related to goals of care. Such decisions cause psychological distress in surrogates and may lead to ...

All post-acute settings are not created equal.1 The growing rate of skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals straining to ...

Purpose: Recently, we have noticed an increased incidence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens including ESBL-producing microorganisms in our NICU patients. The purpose of this study ...