Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 Omicron wave in South Africa characterized

(HealthDay)—In South Africa, the pattern of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 early in the fourth wave showed fewer hospitalizations and reduced severity of illness compared with earlier waves, according to a research ...

Medical research

New evaluations for improved severe head injury care

People who suffer severe head injuries are sometimes placed on mechanical ventilators to ensure oxygen delivery to the body's vital organs, including the brain. Initially, mechanical ventilation is provided through a tube ...

Vaccination

Characteristics of hospitalized pregnant women with flu ID'd

(HealthDay)—Close to 30 percent of reproductive-aged women hospitalized with influenza were pregnant during the 2010-2011 through 2018-2019 influenza seasons, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in the Annals ...

HIV & AIDS

Impact of HIV virus on COVID-19 disease

A new study found that during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic people living with HIV were less likely to die from COVID than persons without HIV. Hospitalized patients with HIV and COVID were less likely to require ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for COVID-19

COVID treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 less likely to be vaccinated

Patients with COVID-19 hospitalization and disease progression to death or mechanical ventilation are significantly less likely to be vaccinated with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published online Nov. 4 ...

Surgery

AI could help clinicians with mechanical ventilation

Artificial intelligence could be used in future to help guide when to use mechanical ventilation and the likelihood of complications in ventilation of patients. This is according to the first systematic review of studies ...

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