Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ventilators and COVID-19: what you need to know
The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on ventilators—but few know much about what they do or how they work.
Jun 4, 2020
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News tagged with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What coronavirus does to the lungs
Like other respiratory illnesses, COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, can cause lasting lung damage. As we continue to learn about COVID-19, we're understanding more regarding how it affects the lungs while ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals most critically ill patients with COVID-19 survive with standard treatment
Clinicians from two hospitals in Boston report that the majority of even the sickest patients with COVID-19—those who require ventilators in intensive care units—get better when they receive existing guideline-supported ...
May 6, 2020
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Medications
Researchers reveal how THC may treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), when caused by a bacterial toxin known as Staphylococcal enterotoxin, can be completely prevented by treatment with Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid found in the cannabis ...
Aug 26, 2020
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Medical research
COVID-19 cytokine storm: Possible mechanism for the deadly respiratory syndrome
Research into how the SARS-CoV-2 virus induces death is suggesting potential treatments for its most destructive complications.
May 20, 2020
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Biomedical technology
A way to deliver oxygen directly to the bloodstream intravenously
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital has developed a device to help patients experiencing refractory hypoxemia. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First COVID-19 autopsy series reveals new cardiopulmonary findings
LSU Health New Orleans pathologists performed the first series of autopsies on African Americans who died from COVID-19 in New Orleans, and their findings provide new and critical information to guide patient management. ...
May 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New insights into the immune system's role in severe COVID-19
By conducting advanced analyses of immune system activation in patients with severe COVID-19, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to identify several cell types that play a key part in the immune response to ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pain researchers may know why COVID-19 spreads quickly in patients' lungs
Around the world, scientists are racing to find ways to combat the symptoms of COVID-19 as the number of global cases surpasses 9 million. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas recently pinpointed a potential strategy ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Medications
Identification of drugs potentially capable of reducing the mortality of COVID-19
Inflammation is a defense mechanism of the body to fight pathogens. However, when it is widespread and excessive, it can aggravate the pathology and even cause death. One of the ways in which this excessive response occurs ...
Jan 31, 2022
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