https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/global-disaster-medicine-in-practice-marit-halmins-field-mission-in-gaza Märit Halmin is an intensive care physician and researcher in the research group for Global Disaster Medicine – health needs and interventions at GPH. This summer, she worked at a field hospital in Al-Mawasi, Gaza – an area declared a humanitarian zone but where bombs fell around the clock. For five weeks, she treated seriously injured children and adults. In tents without running water and with a lack of pain relief, every medical intervention became a battle against time and resources. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:35:49 +0200 https://news.ki.se/studying-how-surgery-and-critical-illness-affects-the-heart Heart muscle injury during major surgery and intensive care is common. Michelle Chew studies which patients are at risk and how these injuries can be prevented and treated. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:12 +0200 https://news.ki.se/seeking-to-learn-more-about-cardiac-arrest-in-the-hospital-environment Every year, approximately 2,500 patients in Sweden suffer a cardiac arrest at a hospital, from which only one in every three survive. Therese Djärv wants to unpack why these events occur and how they can be prevented. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:00:11 +0200 https://news.ki.se/pmi-labs-sustainability-efforts-awarded-platinum-medal The Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Laboratory (PMI Lab) at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) has been awarded a Platinum Medal by My Green Lab – an internationally recognised certification for sustainability efforts in laboratory environments. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:41:32 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-department-of-fyfa-turns-75 The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology celebrated 75 years since its royal inauguration on the Solna campus during 2024. But FyFa's history goes further back than that - and looks forward to many years of community and outstanding research and teaching. On 23 April, the department celebrates with a full day of lectures and a Dragons’ Den. Fri, 09 May 2025 11:05:59 +0200 https://news.ki.se/priorities-for-intensive-care-the-theme-in-special-issue-of-lakartidningen Priorities for intensive care in times of crisis are something that has interested the Centre for Health Crisis Expert Coordinator Märit Halmin for some time. She is the guest editor of a special issue of Läkartidningen on the subject, where she writes alongside several other experts in the field. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:53:39 +0200 https://news.ki.se/preparedness-in-intensive-care-and-the-need-for-prioritisation Healthcare is a societal function that needs to function both in everyday life and in a health crisis. In any health crisis, be it a natural disaster, war in an unstable Europe or a new pandemic, the number of patients in need of care will increase. Among them, a certain proportion will be critically ill in need of intensive care. This will require difficult decisions and prioritisation from their doctors. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:21:45 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-methods-provide-increased-survival-for-the-elderly-after-surgery A recent study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, published in the International Journal of Surgery, shows that survival rates after surgery have significantly improved over the years, even though patients have become sicker and older. One contributing factor is the continuous development of perioperative care, which encompasses patient management before, during, and after surgery. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:55:38 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-anaesthesia-web-in-the-lancet Gunilla Lööf, affiliated with the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), is passionate about clinical implementation of research results and hopes for increased collaboration between clinic and academy. Her project The Anesthesia Web is now being highlighted in The Lancet. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:49:43 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-knowledge-about-the-path-to-recovery-after-intensive-care Critical illness and intensive care can affect patients and their families long after discharge from hospital. In her doctoral thesis at Karolinska Institutet, intensive care nurse Gisela Vogel has studied different strategies used to manage critical illness and care in an intensive care unit, from when the patient becomes critically ill until the return to everyday life. Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:53:59 +0100 https://news.ki.se/opioid-prescriptions-remained-elevated-two-years-after-critical-care Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018 received opioid prescriptions on a regular basis for at least six months and up to two years after discharge. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in Critical Care Medicine. The findings suggest some may become chronic opioid users despite a lack of evidence of the drugs’ long-term effectiveness and risks linked to increased mortality. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:00:04 +0100 https://news.ki.se/antirheumatic-drug-linked-to-reduced-ventilator-time-for-patients-with-severe-covid-19 The drug tocilizumab, which is used in the treatment of various forms of arthritis, is associated with shorter time on ventilation and shorter hospital stays for patients with severe COVID-19, a new study from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital published in The Journal of Internal Medicine reports. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:14:38 +0200 https://news.ki.se/cognitive-impairment-after-intensive-care-linked-to-long-lasting-inflammation People who have been treated in intensive care commonly suffer from residual cognitive impairment, but the reason for this is unknown. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now link cognitive impairment with lasting inflammation and a potential treatment target. The results are presented in the scientific journal Intensive Care Medicine. Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:00:06 +0100 https://news.ki.se/her-goal-is-ensure-children-are-better-prepared-for-hospital-surgery Gunilla Lööf has worked as an anaesthetist nurse for 25 years at the Astrid Lindgren children’s hospital in Solna. In May, she defended her doctoral thesis on internet-based ways of preparing children for anaesthesia and surgery. Lööf is now planning to create a new website on the basis of the knowledge she has acquired. Wed, 29 May 2019 14:51:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/days-at-home-after-surgery-reveal-long-term-outcome Number-of-days-at-home within 30 days after surgery (DAH30) is a patient-centred outcome metrics that integrates length of hospital stay and any readmission or death within 30 days after a surgical procedure. Fri, 10 May 2019 13:39:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/use-of-muscle-relaxant-during-general-anaesthesia-increases-risk-of-pulmonary-complications Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:32:12 +0200 https://news.ki.se/vital-signs-guide-treatments-in-intensive-care-in-tanzania Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:23:56 +0100