More than half of ICU patients on ventilators have the ability to communicate
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
More than half of patients in intensive care units (ICU) using ventilators to help them breathe could benefit from assistive communication tools, a new study has concluded. "Our findings challenge the commonly held assumption of many clinicians and researchers that these patients are unable to communicate or participate in their care," said a co-author of the study.