Sedation weaning protocol reduces total opioid exposure in infants following cardiac surgery In the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), a specific sedation weaning guideline significantly ...

The visual, real-time responses programmed from AHA protocols may improve the quality of care and increase survival rates in critical situations, both in and out of hospital settings. Unlike other ...

Dr. Ornato answers the question: 'Why Do Heart Attack Patients Go To CCU?' — -- Question: Why do heart attack patients all go to the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)? Answer: Well, it's been tradition for ...

Nick Santoiemma, a registered nurse in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit at the Norman and Denise Guilloud Cardiovascular Center at Hunterdon Medical Center, cares for the first patient admitted to the ...

Dell Children's Medical Center doubled the number of its cardiac critical care unit beds last week from 24 to 48 by opening a new unit in its main hospital. The new unit takes over a space that was ...

Dr. Peter S. Mayer, a cardiologist who established the first coronary care units at Roosevelt and Grant Hospitals in the 1960s, died Tuesday in Highland Park Hospital. A resident of Winnetka, he was ...