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Intensive care patients often have a multitude of drips and tubes. One of these is […]

Most patients in intensive care will have an arterial line – a thin tube placed […]

Non-invasive breathing therapies are used to assist the breathing of awake patients via a tight fitting mask […]

A patient’s vital signs are continuously monitored in the intensive care unit. Their pulse rate, […]

Sedation is frequently used in intensive care to minimise distress and pain from invasive therapies […]

What is delirium? Delirium is a state of acute confusion and is very common in […]

Leaving intensive care is an important milestone in a patient’s ongoing recovery but it can […]

Leaving ICU is the first step in what will be a long recovery. Some patients […]

More than 20 million people in the UK have signed the organ donor register, […]

What is an angiogram? An angiogram is a type of X-ray test used to produce […]

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