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Opinion Opinion: As sick kids fill ICU beds, Oregonians must pull together again Updated: Dec. 06, 2022, 7:01 a.m. | Published: Dec. 06, 2022, 7:00 a.m.
Patients ill with respiratory syncytial virus filled pediatric intensive care units across Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health over the weekend, prompting the system to open overflow units ...
Fellowship: Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson, Cooper University Medical Center Current location: Rockledge Regional Medical Center, 10 Longwood Ave., Rockledge ...
Two years ago in early 2022, when The Atlanta Journal-Constitution visited Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 18 of the 24 beds in the intensive care unit (ICU) were filled with COVID patients.
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In Georgia, 84% of pediatric ICU beds are occupied, according to the most recent federal data. That’s up from last week’s 83% and a staggering increase from April, when it was just under 60%.
In patients with acute respiratory failure, initial ICU admission, compared with the ward, was associated with a 0.82-day shorter length of stay (95% CI, –1.17 to –0.46; P < .001) and reduced ...
All 24 ICU beds at Mercy Northwest are occupied, a spokesperson said. Doctors have seen a significant surge in cases for flu, COVID-19 and RSV in Arkansas. All three are respiratory viruses.
Meanwhile, pediatric hospitals are feeling the pressure, too. The Minnesota Department of Health reports 131 pediatric ICU beds are currently in use statewide. Only 15 (7%) remain available.
HEALTH 12 hours shifts, 37 ICU beds, 14,000 steps: How two Iowa respiratory therapists weather the crush of COVID Nick Coltrain Des Moines Register ...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — There were no pediatric intensive care unit beds available in New Hampshire on Monday amid a surge in respiratory illnesses in children. Officials at facilities such as ...