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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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
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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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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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.
Dec 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU drug agency recommends approving COVID-19 treatment
The European Union's drugs agency on Monday recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19.
Dec 6, 2021
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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 ...
Nov 19, 2021
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