Acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe manifestation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), encompass a spectrum of critical respiratory conditions that pose major challenges in intensive care.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Traumatic injuries can impact an individual’s physical and psychological health. Orthopedic surgeons should be a ...

UAB Hospital has been reverified as a Level I adult trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and remains the only ACS-Level I adult trauma center in the state ...

Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

AKI can be classified as prerenal, intrinsic, or postrenal, with KDIGO criteria guiding diagnosis. New biomarkers like NGAL and cystatin C allow earlier and more precise detection of AKI. Preventing ...