Pak Samad dies at 84 Sep 5, 2008
Samad, 84, had been warded at the intensive care unit since Aug 24 after experiencing breathing difficulty. His youngest daughter, Nur Azrina, 38, said he died just after she and his wife Puan Sri Habibah Hamid finished reciting prayers by his side at 5. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Pedestrian shot on Pittard Road Sep 5, 2008
A 22-year-old Athens man was in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Athens Regional Medical Center after he was shot Friday morning in northeastern Clarke County, Athens-Clarke police said. The man told officers he was walking on Pittard Road after midnight when other men approached and shot him for no reason, according to police. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Selma works on helicopter plan Sep 5, 2008
The patient went to the Stanford Hospital intensive care unit. Pickering said the Selma hospital has used the landing site for 17 years without incident and believed it was operating within proper guidelines. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Crusade for Children gives $1.4 million to Kosair Childrens Hospital Sep 5, 2008
4 million expansion and renovation of the hospital s neonatal intensive care unit. The Children s Hospital Foundation matched the funds to help the hospital move closer to its fund-raising goals for the project, Kosair said in a news release. (Louisville Business First, KY)
UK car sales stall to lowest level since 1966 Sep 5, 2008
"The industry is in a state of panic at the moment. It is akin to running into the intensive care ward and shouting at a few of the patients.". Post this story to. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Chipper returns to Braves' lineup Sep 5, 2008
Although the first baseman's mother was in intensive care as recently as last week, she was able to return home on Thursday. is a reporter for MLB.com. (MLB.com -- Atlanta Braves)
Newington event to pay tribute to deceased children Sep 5, 2008
Past charities have included the Connecticut Children's Medical Center; The Compassionate Friends, a support group for families who have lost a child; Caroline's Room, which provides funding for private rooms within neonatal intensive care units; The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; and Connecticut Special Olympics. The Cherish Our Children Walk is sponsored by the Duksa family and staff at Newington Memorial Funeral Home, Burritt Hill Funeral Home in New Britain, and Fisette-Batzner... (Newington Town Crier, CT)
A promise kept Sep 4, 2008
For five days, Taylor's sons were not allowed into the Intensive Care Unit to see their father because of the extent of his injuries. But when things took a turn for the worse on the Fourth of July, the sons were ushered in to say goodbye to their father. (Boston Globe)
Doctors split on organ donation Sep 4, 2008
Intensive care doctors have told the BBC they are deeply concerned about any radical change to the law on organ donation ... A poll of adults across the UK for the BBC shows two thirds of the public now support the idea - but intensive care doctors are more divided ... The Intensive Care Society says its research suggests many specialists are worried such a move could damage the trust between patients, their families and doctors. (BBC News -- Health)
* Gonzales mishandled classified data: report Sep 4, 2008
At the time, Attorney General John Ashcroft was in intensive care in the hospital after gallbladder surgery. US President George W. Bush had authorized the wiretapping program in October 2001 X three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks X to allow the agency to eavesdrop on the international communications of Americans suspected of terrorist ties without getting a court order normally required in such circumstances. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Franciscan Skemp to raise prices 4.75 percent; rate hike lowest in a decade Sep 4, 2008
Intensive care room/board, 570, 595. ICU-critical care, 1,245, 1,305. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Mondovi feels loss of student Sep 4, 2008
As of Wednesday evening, both were still in the intensive care unit. Tuesday was the first day of class for the school of 375. (Winona Daily News, MN)
2008 Republican National Convention: Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Leslie Smith Sep 3, 2008
I blacked out and was rushed to Intensive Care. I was dying. (PR Newswire)
March of Dimes hero to Reece Sep 3, 2008
Reece Kieffner was born 11 days later, Sept. 9, 2005, at UAMS in Little Rock, the location of the top neonatal intensive care unit in the state. Before he was born, Baby Reece was given steroid shots to mature his lungs, giving him a little more hope to survive. (Newport Daily Independent, AR)
Roland teen's beating leads to charges Sep 3, 2008
Warford allegedly said White would be going to the intensive care unit the night of the assault ... hospital, and he was in intensive care after the beating. (Sallisaw Sequoyah County Times, OK)
Wesley opens revamped neonatal unit, completes $43M expansion project Sep 3, 2008
The neonatal unit, which is the step down from Wesley s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, is the final major portion of the $43 million project, the hospital s first major capital expense since a $90 million critical-care building opened in 2004. The project follows the July completion of 36 new private patient rooms as part of a $12. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Sick baby dies in Texas after family fled Gustav Sep 3, 2008
Vidal said her daughter had been doing well recently, although she faced a host of problems since being in the neonatal intensive care unit the first three months of her life. Kaitlynn could not sit up, was on a feeding tube, had trouble gaining weight and sometimes breathed heavily, Vidal said. (KHOU.com, TX)
Mom charged after toddlers left in hot car Sep 3, 2008
The boys survived, but are in critical condition and under intensive care. One boy is on a ventilator. (KHOU.com, TX)
Babies In ICU After Left In Truck For 8 Hours Sep 3, 2008
The babies were taken to Oak Bend Medical Center and placed in the intensive care unit. One of the boys was placed on a ventilator. (Click2Houston, TX)
More using strong painkillers Sep 2, 2008
Among other methods, surveyors measure hospital performance by tracing a patient's path through the hospital, say from the emergency room to the operating room to the intensive care unit. Surveyors check to see whether doctors and nurses have washed their hands or taken time-outs to be certain the right thing is being done for the right patient, Fairchild said. (Boston Globe)
Gonzales mishandled classified data, lawyers say Sep 2, 2008
James Comey, then Justice's second in command, intercepted the White House emissaries in the intensive care unit of George Washington University Hospital on March 10, 2004, and refused to approve the program without changes that he asserted would make it legal. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Never normal Sep 2, 2008
Ben in intensive care after a second heart surgery. There were no tears - at least not for me - until I saw him wired up and kept alive by machines in intensive care. (BBC News -- Health)
New Orleans: Tiniest evacuees sent to safety Sep 2, 2008
As coastal hospitals prepared for , tiny babies in the Newborn Intensive Care Units were among the first to be evacuated. "The NICU babies are our first priority when it comes to evacuation," said Keith Darcey, a spokesman for East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, where Brayden was a patient before being evacuated to Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Lousiana. (CNN)
Roundup: Dodgers activate A. Jones, Young Sep 2, 2008
Kotchman left on Aug. 20 to be with his ill mother, who remains in intensive care at a Florida hospital. . (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Wife, mom keeps family going Sep 2, 2008
Scott, son of Rosalie and Roger Paulson of Mason City, was in the hospital for a month, including three weeks in intensive care. He remained in a coma the entire time. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children Sep 2, 2008
"In the Duke Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the pharmacist reports adverse drug events to MedWatch. But I'm not sure that happens at every hospital. A lot of physicians don't know it's available. This publication is somewhat of an advertisement that this program is available.". Smith urges parents to report adverse reactions they see. (EurekAlert!)
Gustav's menacing fury chases Gulf Coast evacuees into metro Birmingham Sep 2, 2008
UAB also assisted in transporting 11 infants from Tulane University Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit to area hospitals, spokesman Bob Shepard said. More than a dozen hospital workers flew to New Orleans Sunday in two critical care transport jets to pick up the infants. (AL.com)
Police: Near-drowned toddler boy still in critical condition Sep 2, 2008
Lt. James Kostoplis said 2-year-old Bryan Satterfield's condition has hardly changed since he was rescued out of the Elkshead Terrace pool by his father and resuscitated by family, police and emergency personnel. "Hopefully things turn out good," Kostoplis told The Trentonian yesterday. (The Trentonian, NJ)
FBI: No dead in chemical release that sickened 8 Sep 1, 2008
Another person was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Saint Louis University Hospital, the hospital said. Authorities said the chemical was likely the highly toxic material nitroaniline. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Baby Cordelia's liver transplant a success Sep 1, 2008
"As I was wandering through intensive care (on the morning of the transplant operation), I was thinking, 'Somewhere there's a family whose relative either has died or is about to die," Ms Vance said. "We're so grateful to (the family of the donor). It must have been hard.". (NEWS.com.au)
Illinois chemical exposure sickens 8 Sep 1, 2008
Another person was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Saint Louis University Hospital. Nitroaniline is commonly used in the synthesis of dyes, antioxidants, pharmaceuticals, gasoline, poultry medicines, and as a corrosion inhibitor. (Boston Globe)
Doctor’s memoir lifts veil on Saudi women Sep 1, 2008
After being denied a visa to stay in the United States, Ahmed, decides at the spur of the moment to accept a job practicing intensive care medicine at the King Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. During her two-year stint, in which she works with an assortment of Saudi men and women as well as nurses and doctors from around the world, she encounters almost daily situations for which no American medical school could have prepared her: a female patient who is... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
TwoSt. Louis hospital ERs on lockdown Sep 1, 2008
One man remained hospitalized at St. Louis Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Sunday a spokeswoman declined to divulge his condition while another person was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Saint Louis University Hospital. Earlier Sunday, East St. Louis city manager Robert Betts said two people had died. (MSNBC -- Health)
8 Sickened by Chemical Exposure at Illinois Plant Sep 1, 2008
Another was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Saint Louis University Hospital. Earlier Sunday, East St. Louis city manager Robert Betts said two people had died. (Fox News)
New Orleans evacuation breathtaking in its scope Sep 1, 2008
Nothing," he said.Cruz stood out on the streets of New Orleans because so few people stood on them. The most common pedestrians wore fatigues and carried M-16s. The soldiers were all but absent before Katrina hit. Now they're all over the city.More than 8,000 nursing home residents were shipped out by the state. At least seven hospitals were emptied. The remaining 20 were partially evacuated to avoid a repeat of 2005, when hospitals and nursing homes became islands of misery amid the... (Anchorage Daily News)
Brothers arrested in shooting Sep 1, 2008
Doyle, who is in critical condition in Holmes Regional Medical Center's intensive care unit, was found about 8 p.m. Saturday by his daughter. He was lying on the floor with a gunshot wound to the upper body, police said. (Florida Today)
Barnwell players dies after heatstroke Sep 1, 2008
About 10:30 a.m. Wednesday an ambulance with a pediatric intensive care team took him to the Columbia hospital, Mr. Still said. During the first day of football practice, Aug. 1, James experienced heat exhaustion. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Talking beds signal Grady's revival Sep 1, 2008
About 100 talking beds will be placed in the intensive care unit. Future purchases will include improvements to the hospital systems overseeing patient care information and billing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Nurses' Notes - Fine-tuning can solve breast-feeding issues Sep 1, 2008
People with moderate head injuries - those who were hospitalized but not in intensive care on a ventilator for days to weeks, for example - have more problems. More than half of these people will make a full recovery, but about a quarter will have a moderate degree of permanent disability and. (Missoulian, MT)
Japan wants yen to be the anchor of Asia Sep 1, 2008
"Japan faced this situation in the late 1980s, and China is not as strong now as Japan was then. We don't want to see the knock-on effects of a bursting bubble on the smaller Asian countries. They would be placed in intensive care.". Mr Watanbe said China should prepare for a more flexible currency regime by taking action on non-performing loans and by liberalising capital controls to allow money to flow out of the country. (Yahoo News -- Asian Economy)
Riggs celebrates Tiger anniversary Aug 31, 2008
He was hospitalized for five days, including two in intensive care. Despite a non-heart-related illness that kept him from practice for a few days before this season began, Riggs has a clean bill of health from his doctor. (Brewton Standard, AL)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: A fathers prediction becomes a sons tribute Aug 31, 2008
1kg and had to be rushed to a neonatal intensive care unit. But through all the chaos here in this lush upstate town, Freddie Edwards predicted that his boy, born without breath, would someday take the countrys breath away. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Residents fleeing Gustav arriving in Arkansas Aug 31, 2008
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System spokeswoman Laurie Driver said 21 intensive care patients arrived late Saturday night. "They're all going directly to the hospital. Most of these patients are in critical (condition) _ they need intensive care," Driver said. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Police seek Gold Coast hit-run driver Aug 31, 2008
A nine-year-old boy was taken to the Mater Children's Hospital in a critical condition and placed in intensive care. Meanwhile, police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal single-vehicle crash at Creastmead about 8. (The Age)
Birthways to deliver new look, more rooms Aug 31, 2008
" So, instead, the hospital has gone with convertible recliners, which already are in use in the rooms in advance of the remodel. The remodel will focus on the needs of the staff as well. Lights, warmers and scales will be placed in each room, eliminating the need to have them wheeled in. "This will decrease work demands, so staff doesn't have to keep running the halls for needed equipment," Carswell said. Staff upgrades also include a remodel of the nursing stations and physician sleeping... (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Kolin community brings in wheat crop for neighbor in need (10) Aug 31, 2008
Nathan, who has two young daughters, remains in a coma in the intensive care unit of a Billings, Mont. hospital, while his family watches close by. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Yar'Adua Returns This Week Aug 31, 2008
He is said to have been in intensive care for most of the past week. A State House source yesterday said the President was responding well to treatment and should be back in the country early this week. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Rapid Response team strives for early intervention Aug 30, 2008
Other members of St. Anthony s team include Jamie Haarmann, R.N., Medical Care; Autumn McCormick, R.N., Intensive Care; Sarah Schumacher, R.N., Emergency Services; Andrea Wormhoudt, Certified Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory Care; and Tara Wright, R.N., Surgical Care ... The clinician calls a dedicated phone line in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), answered by the designated Rapid Response team ICU nurse for that shift. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Priceless gift a year in the making Aug 30, 2008
Cordelia was critically ill and in intensive care when the life-saving call came a compatible cadaveric liver was available and the operation would happen the next morning. The Canberra Times is unable to say exactly when the operation happened to protect the identity of the donor. (The Canberra Times)
Hospital plan 'at risk' Aug 30, 2008
"The Iemma Government has redeveloped the Mental Health Unit and is working on the new Integrated Cancer Centre. The next stage of the Lismore master plan, now at risk, would deliver a new Clinical Services Block, which would expand the emergency department, expand surgery and intensive care units, and add additional ambulance services," Ms Meagher said. But Lismore MP Thomas George has dismissed the threats as 'bullying tactics. (Lismore Northern Star)
Ethiopia: Two Months of Rain But Still Not Enough to Eat Aug 30, 2008
Damot Gale and Damot Pulasa had more than 16,000 acutely malnourished children, of whom 1,614 were in intensive care in therapeutic centres. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ethiopia, food security and malnutrition continue to affect people living in most of Ethiopia's drought affected regions. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria:Yar'Adua Undergoes Surgery in Saudi Arabia Aug 30, 2008
In fact, reliable sources confirmed to Saturday Vanguard last night that the president underwent, serious renal transplantation and has been under intensive care. But his condition is said to be very stable. (allAfrica.com)
Rapid Changes In Key Alzheimer's Protein Described In Humans Aug 30, 2008
In the study, 18 patients recovering from traumatic brain injuries or ruptured brain aneurysms had microdialysis catheters placed in their brain tissues to measure amyloid beta while they were in the intensive care unit. Patients' families in both St. Louis and Milan gave permission in advance, and the catheters were placed when the patients were having other monitoring procedures performed. (Science Daily)
Pregnancy Situations Have Impact On Brain Development In Pre-term Infants Aug 30, 2008
The central nervous system in small premature infants is highly susceptible to damage as the immature organism tries to adapt to the intensive care environment following release from the intrauterine environment. Scientists working on the PIPARI project at Turku University Central Hospital have followed premature low-weight infants and investigated factors impacting the growth and development of their brain as well as their two-year prognosis from pregnancy onwards. (Science Daily)
Vitello takes on new LMH job Aug 30, 2008
Her first job was in an intensive care unit. I loved it, she says. (Medford Transcript, MA)
State's Attorney: Hells Angels started bar brawl that led to shooting Aug 30, 2008
However, one of his relatives told a Seattle newspaper that McGuire had been taken out of intensive care and was recovering from gunshot wounds in his stomach and leg. A grand jury convened for about seven hours on Aug. 10, interviewing 25 people about what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
2-year-old boy who was beaten dies at Children's Aug 30, 2008
Kemarrious Moore died at 3:38 p.m. in the Children's Hospital pediatric intensive care unit, said Deputy Coroner Stan Pitts. He was taken to the hospital on Aug. 17. (AL.com)
Lex Luger to Speak at Pleasant Hill Saturday Aug 30, 2008
He spent two weeks in intensive care at Stanford University Hospital in California before transferring to Shepherd in November. He s also still hobbled by double hip replacement surgery in February. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
More Aortic Chest Aneurysms Being Treated With Less-invasive Stents Aug 29, 2008
25, 1997) The new method could potentially lower the risk of death, eliminate the need for intensive care, shorten hospital stays and decrease health-care. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Bond set at $1M for Clinton teen charged in mom's shooting Aug 29, 2008
Ellen DiGennaro is recovering after surgery Wednesday night at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit and faces more surgery. I think that (the $1M bond) is most appropriate, considering the seriousness of this offense, said Clinton Police Chief Don Byington. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Braves scrounging for pitching help Aug 29, 2008
Kotchman is with his mother, who remains in intensive care at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. The family has asked that her illness not be disclosed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Journal of Perinatology Aug 29, 2008
how a long-term intensive care stay results in much healthier babies. Evidence vs. Experience. (Nature News Service)
Channon undergoes successful surgery after crash Aug 29, 2008
Channon, who is now a prominent race horse trainer, remains in intensive care but is expected to be released from the hospital next week, his West Ilsley stables said. Channon, 59, suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and a fractured jaw in Wednesday's accident, which killed racing agent Tim Corby. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Tasered suspect arraigned in hospital Aug 29, 2008
After being eased out of a medically induced coma, Mr. Schmidt was moved from the intensive care unit yesterday. District Judge Randy C. Martini released him on nonmonetary bond yesterday afternoon. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hospitals cancel elective surgeries, prepare to move fragile patients Aug 29, 2008
She said the hospital is sending about 50 psychiatric patients to the state mental hospital in Pineville, and about a dozen high-risk and intensive care patients to other hospitals. But, like most of the hospitals in the area, it was keeping most patients and the doctors, nurses and other people needed to care for them. (WWLTV.com, LA)
