Commitment to fight COVID-19: India gifts 150 ICU beds to Nepal MD Bureau19 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTKathmandu: India on Sunday gifted 150 ICU beds to Nepal as part of its commitment to Covid-19 cooperation with the Himalayan nation. Indian...
Consumer forum directs hospital to pay compensation for charging ICU patient for oxygen against NABH guidelines Sanchari Chattopadhyay9 April 2021 3:14 PM ISTWest Bengal: Holding that the hospital charged for equipment for oxygen against the medical guidelines, the District Consumer Dispute Redressal...
Human body is like a highly complex machine, doctor could not assure full recovery of patient: NCDRC absolves cardiologist, general physician, hospital Sanchari Chattopadhyay2 April 2021 6:17 PM ISTDelhi: Holding no deficiency of service on part of the hospital and doctors, the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has...
Early tracheotomy helps patients avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia: Study Hina Zahid16 March 2021 7:30 AM ISTSAN ANTONIO - Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time...
Portable MRI promising for critically ill patients in ICU settings; finds study Dr Satabdi Saha26 Jan 2021 11:15 PM ISTIn a recently published study in Critical Care Explorations , use of portable MRI has been found to be safe, feasible, and led to changes in...
FDA approves wheeled CT scanner allowing bedside scanning in ICU Medha Baranwal14 Aug 2020 1:45 PM ISTUSA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Siemens Healthineers' wheeled CT scanner. The Somatom scanner consists of motorized wheels...
AIIMS 'e-ICU' video COVID 19 consultation program gains traction Medical Dialogues Bureau25 July 2020 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi -The e-ICU video-consultation program, initiated by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi to hold case-management...
Pregnant women with COVID-19 infection at higher risk for ICU admission: CDC Medha Baranwal8 July 2020 8:05 AM ISTUSA: Pregnant women with COVID-19 infection are more likely to get admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and receive mechanical ventilation,...
COVID ventilators supplied to States, UTs have Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure mode, cost-effective: Centre Ruchika Sharma3 July 2020 9:45 AM ISTThe Ministry comes with the clarification following some media reports that the issue of BiPAP mode not being available in the ventilators supplied by...
COVID-19 mortality alarmingly high in dialysis patients Hina Zahid7 Jun 2020 8:56 PM ISTResearchers in Spain have found in a new study that mortality among hospitalized dialysis patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection is strikingly...
Thromboelastography may predict thrombosis risk in Covid 19 ICU patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 Jun 2020 9:00 PM ISTTEG test can identify undetected blood clots in COVID-19 ICU patients finds a new study.Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending...
ICU Delirium risk high in Covid 19 patients, modify risk factors to manage Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli13 May 2020 9:40 AM ISTDelirium in intensive care unit is a common phenomenon but in the context of COVID-19 delirium can mean an early sign of infection, so that patients...
