Patients with kidney failure who are on long-term dialysis often rely on family members or friends to make critical treatment decisions towards the end of life. A study in CJASN examines whether such close contacts have a ...
Sep 10, 2021
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(HealthDay)—For hospitalized adults with COVID-19, treatment with baricitinib in addition to standard of care does not reduce the frequency of disease progression overall, but it is associated with reduced mortality, according ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Having good safety measures at schools is very important as children start going back to the classroom. But which measures are most effective at optimizing health and safety conditions and preventing the spread of COVID-19 ...
Sep 1, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and the effect that ventilation has on reducing disease transmission in indoor spaces. A recent infrastructure survey reported that of the nearly ...
Aug 25, 2021
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A new clinical approach that reduces the use of mechanical ventilation can greatly improve outcomes for critically ill infants and children, finds a major new UK trial involving UCL researchers.
Aug 24, 2021
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A six country clinical study of more than 1,100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy suggests that prone positioning (rotating patients with severe breathing issues so they are ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Infections of the Deltra strain are increasing across Australia. A significant number of recent outbreaks have been in schools.
Aug 18, 2021
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Evidence of cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19 has been discovered in a new study of over 80,000 individuals.
Aug 11, 2021
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(HealthDay)—For adults hospitalized with COVID-19, monthly rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death peaked in December 2020, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in the Annals of ...
Aug 11, 2021
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The Respiratory Strategies in COVID-19; CPAP, High-flow, and Standard Care (RECOVERY-RS) trial has demonstrated that treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway ...
Aug 5, 2021
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