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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: intensive care unit

intensive care unit stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Eunice Shriver, the 88-year-old sister of Sen. Ted Kennedy, is in intensive care in a Massachusetts hospital, the Cape Cod Times reports. The Special Olympics founder has been in the hospital for a week and is in critical but stable condition. Her family, including daughter Maria Shriver and son-in-law... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Cape Cod • Maria Shriver • hospitalization • Special Olympics • intensive care unit • Eunice Shriver • Sargent Shriver

Indian Leader
in ICU After Heart Surgery

PM's illness highlights lack of succession law, aging Cabinet

Jan 26, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian PM Manmohan Singh is in intensive care as he recovers from heart bypass surgery, reports the Times of London, highlighting the country's lack of succession law and stoking fears about its preparedness for another terrorist attack. The foreign minister is acting as leader while a special committee has control... More »

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India • heart surgery • Manmohan Singh • Congress Party • intensive care unit • Rahul Gandhi • Indian elections

 ICUs Try to Get 
 Patients Out of Bed 

Mobile, lightly sedated patients fare better, study finds

Jan 12, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Doctors are finding that ICU patients who are woken every day and even get up and walk around do better than those who remain heavily sedated, the New York Times reports. A recent study showed that just 5 days on a ventilator left some patients barely able to move. Problems... More »

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hospitals • doctors • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • intensive care unit • ICU

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