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Health & WellnessJune 5, 2026

Open ICU Visiting Linked to Lower Delirium and Anxiety Scores

TL;DR: A 2026 retrospective ICU study in the International Journal of General Medicine found that 24-hour open visiting was associated with lower delirium incidence and lower anxiety/depression scores than 1-hour restricted visiting in chronic critically ill p…

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AddictionJune 5, 2026

Nicotine Dependence Linked to Lower ICU COVID-19 Mortality in Texas Cohort

TL;DR: A 2026 study in PLOS One found that Texas ICU COVID-19 hospitalizations coded for current nicotine dependence had lower crude and adjusted mortality than hospitalizations coded as never nicotine dependent, but the administrative-data design means the re…

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Open ICU Visiting Linked to Lower Delirium and Anxiety Scores

Nicotine Dependence Linked to Lower ICU COVID-19 Mortality in Texas Cohort

The findings. The context. The caveats.