Surgery
Meeting the need for ventilators in low- and middle-income countries
Essential new guidelines to design mechanical ventilators that can work in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been proposed.
Feb 10, 2022
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News tagged with mechanical ventilator
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Unvaccinated have highest SARS-CoV-2 incidence, hospitalization
(HealthDay)—Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 incidence and hospitalization rates are consistently higher for unvaccinated persons, and rates are lowest for those fully vaccinated with a booster, according ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
England sees no need for further restrictions—for now
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he hoped to "ride out" the pandemic without further restrictions, even as he warned that the country faces difficult days ahead as the highly transmissible omicron variant drives ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 hospitalization costs, outcomes in 2020 improved over time
A new study published in Advances in Therapy provides the first comprehensive analysis of the hospitalization costs for COVID-19 patients, factors associated with costs and length of stay, and the monthly trends of costs ...
Jan 4, 2022
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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 ...
Jan 3, 2022
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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 ...
Jan 3, 2022
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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 ...
Dec 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Muscles seem to grow, rather than shrink, in some critically ill COVID patients
Muscles appear to grow, rather than shrink, in some critically ill COVID-19 patients, finds new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High pressure (hyperbaric) oxygen resolves severe COVID-19 breathing difficulties faster than standard therapy
High pressure (hyperbaric) oxygen resolves severe breathing difficulties in COVID-19 patients much more quickly than standard therapy, taking an average of 3 rather than 9 days, reveal the results of a small comparative clinical ...
Dec 14, 2021
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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 ...
Dec 14, 2021
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