Psychology & Psychiatry
The five phases of pandemic care for primary care
The authors present a roadmap for necessary primary care practice transformations to care for patients and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 14, 2020
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Pediatrics
Children's National Hospital quality initiative changes culture of antibiotic prescribing in NICU
A quality improvement initiative in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children's National Hospital led to a significant reduction in treatment with intravenous vancomycin, an antibiotic used for resistant gram positive ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
RCSI begins clinical trial for potential drug therapy for severe COVID-19 infection
Clinician scientists at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have begun a clinical trial of a promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care.
Jun 29, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Survival may be lower for Hispanic patients with blood cancers who live near the U.S./Mexico border
In Texas, Hispanic patients with certain blood cancers had lower overall survival than non-Hispanic white patients, and Hispanic patients living at the United States/Mexico border had lower overall survival than those who ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Acute kidney disease in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Seventy-one patients with severe lung injury were admitted to four intensive care units at Bordeaux University Hospital and their data were collected and evaluated over a period of six weeks (March/April 2020). AKI was defined ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Specific kidney proximal tubular injury caused by SARS-CoV-2
A French study investigated acute Fanconi syndrome as a kidney injury associated with COVID-19. The hallmark of the syndrome is increased excretion or loss of certain substances (such as protein, phosphate or glucose) in ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Acute kidney injury common in COVID-19 patients at NYC hospital
(HealthDay)—Patients admitted to a New York City hospital with COVID-19 faced major morbidity and mortality, with 78.0 percent of those admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) developing acute kidney injury, according ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients with ARDS, COVID-19 face significant financial effects in recovery
It begins with shortness of breath. And for approximately one third of patients, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, ends in death. For those who survive, their lives are often turned upside-down. Michigan Medicine ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team develops new method to make kidney dialysis fluid for patients with COVID-19
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the manufacturing and supply chains for many products. But while shortages of toilet paper, disinfectant cleaners and hand sanitizer get most of the news coverage, the diminishing ...
May 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some children with COVID-19 require admission, PICU care
(HealthDay)—Some children with COVID-19 require admission and intensive care, according to a study published online May 11 in The Journal of Pediatrics.
May 21, 2020
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