Plano pilot makes crash landing in East Texas Nov 21, 2009
Lunsford said Thern was admitted to the intensive care unit but would not speculate on the pilots condition. We plan to have a thorough investigation and will consider all possibilities to how the aircraft went down, Lunsford said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
First Hearing For Accused Fort Hood Gunman Is Saturday Nov 21, 2009
The hearing will determine whether Hasan will be placed in pre-trial confinement, which usually means jail, but Galligan said he will argue that Hasan should remain in intensive care because he is paralyzed and still needs hospital care. Fort Hood officials didn't immediately return a call about the hearing. (KWTX.com, TX)
Friends and fans pray for Santokhs recovery Nov 21, 2009
PETALING JAYA: Former international footballer Santokh Singh is in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital after lapsing into a coma on Tuesday. The 57-year-old former Selangor centreback collapsed at his home in Setapak on Monday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Fight 'went horribly wrong' Nov 21, 2009
Four days after the stabbing, while the victim was still in intensive care, the boy at the centre of the argument was beaten up by two boys. My friend got stabbed five times because of you and you're going to pay for it,'' one of the boys allegedly said during the attack. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Twin Krishna wakes from medically-induced coma Nov 21, 2009
Ms Kelly said more challenges lay ahead for the girls, who are lying side by side in separate cots in intensive care. "The children are in the ICU, they'll be there for a while," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Battered city's youngest victims Nov 21, 2009
Every day they need intensive care,'' the Falluja mother, 29, says ... Several more were in intensive care and an out-patient clinic. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder Nov 21, 2009
Also, almost half of the children admitted to the intensive care unit to be treated for H1N1 flu had asthma. The researchers described the prevalence of asthma as "the most striking difference" between the two groups of children, but they found other differences as well. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Japan wants yen to be the anchor of Asia Nov 21, 2009
"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)
Burned Florida teen gets skin graft Nov 21, 2009
Brewer, 15, in guarded condition, will go back to intensive care after procedure ... Brewer will return to the intensive care unit after the surgery. (CNN)
Can your doctor spot H1N1? Nov 21, 2009
Wenzel and the Australian researchers put the figure at 30 percent or higher, but a Canadian study last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that only 10 percent of patients in intensive care were afebrile ... The Canadian study reported that nearly half the patients admitted to intensive care were suffering GI problems. (CNN)
Hasan had intensified contact with cleric Nov 21, 2009
He is scheduled to have his first formal court hearing Saturday, in his hospital room in the intensive care unit at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he is recovering from gunshot wounds that have left him paralyzed. Hasan's contacts with Aulaqi were not publicly disclosed until after the shootings, which the cleric subsequently praised, calling the Army psychiatrist a "hero" in a posting on his Web site. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Four perish in a car crash on Kumasi-Bibiani highway Nov 20, 2009
The injured are receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the same hospital. Police Sergeant Stephen Darko of the Nyinahin Police Station told the GNA that the driver ran the mini bus into the rear of a timber truck whilst overtaking an articulated vehicle and fell on its side. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Specialized veterinary care: At what point? And at what price? Nov 20, 2009
Specialized veterinary care: At what point. Specialized veterinary care: At what point. (USA Today -- Life)
1 Conjoined Twin Talking After Surgery Nov 20, 2009
Trishna is already doing well enough that she could leave intensive care, said Wirginia Maixner, director of neurosurgery at Royal Children's Hospital. "She looks brilliant, she is talking, she is being Trishna, she is behaving the way she always has," Maixner told reporters. (KIRO TV, WA)
Car may be tied to Lowell hit and run Nov 20, 2009
Kelvin was taken out of the intensive care unit and was listed in fair condition last night at Children s Hospital Boston. He is expected to survive. (Boston Globe)
* Separated twins are doing well, neurosurgeon says Nov 20, 2009
Trishna, who was greeted by her guardian Moira Kelly, has floored doctors with her progress and is even ready to leave intensive care, Maixner said. STORMY. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Separated Twin Up and Talking Nov 20, 2009
Trishna is already doing well enough that she could leave intensive care, said Wirginia Maixner, director of neurosurgery at Royal Children's Hospital ... Trishna is already doing well enough that she could leave intensive care, said Wirginia Maixner, director of neurosurgery at Royal Children's Hospital. (CBS News -- Health)
Bangladeshi twin wakes up Nov 20, 2009
Krishna was said to be in good condition but is expected to make a slower recovery than her sister, Trishna, who has awoken from her induced coma and is talking but remains in intensive care. "She's still asleep, she's being woken slowly," a spokeswoman for Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital told AFP, adding Krishna would "probably" be awake later. (iAfrica.com)
Click to watch: The Cost of Dying Nov 20, 2009
He says many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, relying on uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives a few more days or weeks at enormous cost ... He takes Kroft through the intensive care unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
Shooting spurs Pentagon review of personnel procedures Nov 20, 2009
Hasan, who is conscious but paralyzed from the waist down, remains in an intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, his lawyer said yesterday. John Galligan said the Army has allowed Hasan s legal defense team to hire a civilian chemist to observe the examination of all evidence related to the shootings as well as any tests involving Hasan. (Boston Globe)
Under-fives to get swine flu jab Nov 20, 2009
Parents are standing by intensive care beds in life and death situations ... "We consider them to be seriously at risk. "Parents are standing by intensive care beds in life and death situations. (BBC News -- UK)
Simms appears likely starting QB for Broncos Nov 20, 2009
After losing two-thirds of his blood and spending five nights in intensive care, Simms' comeback was a long and arduous one with more speed bumps and dead ends than he'd like to remember. He missed the remainder of the 2006 season and all of 2007. (ESPN -- Football)
All in step as tiny twins prove to be against-the-odds winners Nov 20, 2009
The 16-strong team gathered yesterday to celebrate their work and report that Trishna was already awake and talking in her intensive care bed, less than two days after marathon surgery to separate the pair who were born joined at the head. Krishna was improving more slowly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Nurses hit the wards as Amy attacks the stacks Nov 20, 2009
She helps four nurse unit managers in intensive care and the high-dependency units. They're all very happy to see me,'' she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology Nov 20, 2009
"We show that over one-half of individuals in nature support antifungal bacteria that produce violacein, which suggests that there is a mutualism between violacein-producing bacteria and P. cinereus and that adding J. lividum is effective for protecting individuals that lack violacein-producing skin bacteria. (M.H. Becker, R.M. Brucker, C.R. Schwantes, R.N. Harris, K.P. Minbiole. 2009. The bacterially produced metabolite violacein is associated with survival of amphibians infected with a lethal... (EurekAlert!)
Hasan's HIV Test Nov 20, 2009
Guerrero told ABC News his performance problems stemmed from his lack of competence in the intensive care unit, including problems with recommending the proper medications or coming up with the right kind of patient treatment plan. 1. (ABC News)
Separated twin ready to leave intensive care Nov 20, 2009
Trishna is already well enough to leave intensive care. Her sister, Krishna, will be brought out of her coma more gradually. (BBC News -- Health)
Cape Coral octogenarian goes the distance to better his age Nov 19, 2009
On life support for five days and in intensive care for 20 days after having a filter put in below his heart to prevent clots, Philhower survived. And despite losing all coordination for a while and still on heavy pain medication to this day, he has returned to golf. (The News-Press -- Sports)
Experts warn antibiotic-proof bacteria threaten global health Nov 19, 2009
A survey he performed with a colleague on about 100 European intensive care physicians showed that more than half of them had treated, in the last six months, at least one patient infected with a bacterium totally or almost totally resistant to antibiotics. "Without effective antibiotics, modern medical treatments such as operations, transplants and intensive care will become impossible," stressed ECDC's director, Zsuzsanna Jakab. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Separated twin looks 'fantastic' Nov 19, 2009
Doctors have decided she is doing so well that she has already been able to leave intensive care. She looked "brilliant", they said, and "was behaving the way she always had". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Injured passenger still at Blessing Nov 19, 2009
As of this morning, Burns is out of intensive care and is listed in good condition at Blessing Hospital. ADVERTISEMENT. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Preterm Births Rising, Statistics Show Nov 19, 2009
Infants born even two or three weeks early are more likely to have breathing problems, brain injuries, and other health issues that put them at higher risk for intensive care and death within the first year of life. A new government study by the National Center for Health Statistics found the rate of these so-called "late preterm" births -- babies born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation -- has increased by 20 percent. (KERO 23, CA)
Watching, worrying and waiting for first 'raspberry' as twins sleep Nov 19, 2009
The girls spent yesterday in a stable condition in intensive care, kept unconscious as they recovered from 31-hour surgery to divide their heads. There were no signs of brain damage, though it is still the main fear of doctors and carers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Doctors sick of failure to fix ailing hospitals Nov 19, 2009
A patient needed urgent surgery and post-op intensive care without there being an [intensive care unit] bed available. We were forced to provide less than optimal surgery to keep the patient out of the ICU,'' one doctor reported. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Twin wakes up after marathon op 'looking fantastic Nov 19, 2009
Dr Maixner said Trishna's condition was so good she could be moved out of intensive care but the hospital staff wanted to keep the girls together ... The twins spent yesterday in a stable condition in intensive care at the hospital, kept unconscious as they recovered from 31-hour surgery to divide their heads. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Police: Would-be Seattle ninja impaled on fence Nov 19, 2009
Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt wrote in a department Web site posting that officers thought the man might have been involved in the reported assault, but he insisted he was just a ninja trying to clear a 4- to 5-foot-tall fence. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition Nov 19, 2009
Leo Donnan, chief of surgery at Royal Children's Hospital, said the girls are in serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit. Andrew Greensmith, a plastic and maxillofacial surgeon from New Zealand, called the surgery painstaking and remarkable. (MSNBC -- Health)
Honolulu man fatally injured retrieving car keys from roof Nov 19, 2009
The man was taken to an area hospital in critical condition and admitted to the intensive care unit where he was pronounced dead about 10:30 p.m. last night, police said. They have classified the case as an unattended death and said no foul play is suspected. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fears over child intensive care Nov 19, 2009
There are 300 intensive care beds for children. There could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children this winter because of swine flu, experts say ... The Tories have already raised concerns about intensive care preparations. (BBC News -- UK)
Swine Flu May Overload Pediatric Intensive Care Units in U.K., Report Says Nov 19, 2009
Swine Flu May Overload Childrens Intensive Care Units in U.K. - Bloomberg ... Swine Flu May Overload Childrens Intensive Care Units in U.K. ... 8 percent of under-15s hospitalized with swine flu in the U.K. will require intensive care. (Bloomberg -- UK)
OUR VIEW: Hospital's visitor age rule made to be broken Nov 18, 2009
At Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, the enforced age limit is 14 in intensive care units, depending on which unit is involved, according to the facility s Web site. Most hospitals follow different regulations in their maternity wards versus other patient care wings to allow family involvement when mothers give birth. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
AIR FORCE - Actors Spend Time With Wounded Nov 18, 2009
"I cannot recollect anything that happened until July 2007. For weeks I was really messed up, and was in (the intensive care unit)," Specialist Watkins said. "The medics know their jobs and are respectful. If this injury had happened to me a few years ago, I would not be here today.". (DOD DefenseLINK)
Marathon surgery gives twins the chance of separate lives Nov 18, 2009
The girls have now come out of the theatre and they're in intensive care, and everything is going well ... For the twins, lying close to each other in separate cots in intensive care, the next 48 hours will be critical. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Visiting Maj. Nidal Hasan's Hospital Nov 18, 2009
We also visited Brooke Army Medical Center two years ago and recall meeting a young soldier by the name of David, who had just been flown in from Iraq and was in the intensive care unit suffering from burns that covered more than 90 percent of his body. Two years later, David came walking down the hospital corridor to greet us. (Human Events Online)
Saint Francis ranked high Nov 18, 2009
Saint Francis major service lines, which have received national recognition, include the Neurosciences Institute; Thomas G. Otto, MD, Orthopaedic Institute; Family BirthPlace, featuring the region s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart Institute; Gene E. Huckstep Emergency Center/Level III Trauma Center with Convenient Care; Cancer Institute; and Fitness Plus. Saint Francis is constructing a combined Heart Hospital and Cancer Institute, where patients will have access to advanced... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Japan wants yen to be the anchor of Asia Nov 18, 2009
"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)
Conjoined twins op 'successful' Nov 17, 2009
"I think when we get them to intensive care we'll be very relieved. Then it will just be day by day, hour by hour," he said. Doctors had earlier said there a 25% chance that one of the sisters would die, and a 50% chance of the girls suffering brain damage. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Four Keokuk residents hurt in accident Thursday Nov 17, 2009
He is in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Blessing, according to a hospital spokes person. Passengers Steven S. Deck and Jeremy R. Sackman, ages not given, were taken to Keokuk Area Hospital for minor injuries. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Hope for conjoined twins Nov 17, 2009
No cake yet, I think when we get them to intensive care we'll be very relieved, then it will just be day by day, hour by hour. " Separating conjoined twins is a notoriously difficult procedure, with attempts in Britain and Bangladesh both failing over the past year, although Saudi doctors successfully divided a pair of Egyptian brothers in February. In one of the best known cases, Singapore doctors in 2003 made a vain attempt to separate adult twins Iranian law graduates Laleh and Ladan Bijani... (iAfrica.com)
Twins Trishna and Krishna separated after marathon op Nov 17, 2009
After the operation, the children will go to intensive care. Brain scans over the following 36 hours will indicate when to make an attempt to wake them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
* Grenade caused blast in Thailand Nov 17, 2009
He said that of the 12 people wounded in the blast three remained in hospital, one of them in intensive care. Two children were among those hurt, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Praying for Trishna and Krishna: marathon op goes on Nov 17, 2009
After the operation, the children go to intensive care, and brain scans over the following 36 hours will indicate when to make an attempt to wake them. But it could be weeks before it is clear whether the surgery has been a complete success. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Ex-Air Force nurse on trial for killing patients Nov 17, 2009
He worked as an intensive care nurse at Wilford Hall, which primarily serves military personnel and retirees but provides emergency and trauma care to some civilians. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Bangladeshi Conjoined Twins Separated in Australian Surgery, Doctor Says Nov 17, 2009
The girls will be kept sedated and in intensive care for a number of days until we are sure everything is safe and then they will be slowly woken up. . (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Insult to soldiers Nov 17, 2009
Nidal Malik Hasan is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at the hospital on Fort Sam Houston outside San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood ... A statement issued by Fort Hood Tuesday says three people are in intensive care and 12 others have been moved to recovery rooms. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Asian infant death rate 'higher' Nov 17, 2009
The infant mortality study was based on more than 40,000 babies admitted into paediatric intensive care in England and Wales between 2004 and 2007 ... " Researchers suggested first cousin marriages often resulted in babies with health problems. Dr Tim Haywood, consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care at Leeds General Infirmary said: "We find that consanguinity within Asian parents is a significant risk factor for mortality in these patients. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Village astir after cow bites man Nov 16, 2009
Jaafar was rushed to a nearby government clinic but transferred to the hospital intensive care unit when his condition worsened. He was transferred out from the unit yesterday morning. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Meet ‘the NFL’s meanest’ player Nov 16, 2009
Three years ago, he crashed, winding up in intensive care for more than a month with a torn aorta and a long menu of broken bones. Wasn t long before he was back on a horse. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
› Woman survives 60m plunge Nov 16, 2009
She is currently recovering in the intensive care unit at St Augustine hospital. Kavisha Seevnarain told her parents that she was followed by a green Opel Astra while travelling from Pinetown to Shallcross in Durban between 9pm and 10pm on Friday. (iAfrica.com)
Grenade caused anti-Thaksin rally blast Nov 16, 2009
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Citizen, heal thyself: Get the swine flu vaccine Nov 16, 2009
In our small town there are young adults who were previously healthy now on respirators in intensive care units. In a recent op-ed in The New York Times, Douglas Shenson proposed the use of polling places for vaccination. (Boston Globe)
Health issues didn't keep boy down Nov 15, 2009
He spent two months in intensive care before he finally was released for home, into the arms of a loving family that would care for him as best they could. And they did, year after year, even after medical problems continued to mount. (AZCentral -- News)
Fire at indoor SKorean shooting range kills 10 Nov 15, 2009
"They are in a life-threatening condition as they inhaled a lot of toxic gas," said Kim Se-yeon, a doctor at Hana hospital's intensive care unit, adding four of them were placed on respirators and the fifth also might have to go on life support. The emergency official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing policy, said the fire raged for about 40 minutes before being put out. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Fundraiser benefits multiple sclerosis research, two local families (3) Nov 15, 2009
For months he was in intensive care in a Virginia hospital, where he underwent two surgeries and was on a ventilator machine to help him breathe. He has finally made it back to Michigan, but has lost his job, insurance and home. (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)
Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike Nov 15, 2009
"A relatively small number of older adults are infected but when they do get infected, they end up in the hospital at higher rates and they're dying at higher rates. Younger people are, by and large, a pretty sturdy group. The only difference is pregnant women [20 percent of hospitalized pregnant women needed intensive care] and they saw that as well." ... A high proportion (about a third) of the California patients needed intensive care, the researchers found, and one-third of affected children... (MEDLINEplus)
