New research finds a connection between destructive white blood cells and a more severe disease course in patients with COVID-19.
Apr 24, 2020
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A simple 'do it yourself' breathing circuit, using accessories that are readily available in intensive care, can be used to ventilate two critically ill patients at once, should clinicians be faced with equipment shortages, ...
Apr 24, 2020
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One of the major concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has been the burden that cases will place on the health care system. A new study published April 23 in the journal Health Affairs found that the spread of ...
Apr 23, 2020
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A Palestinian university on Thursday unveiled a "home-made" ventilator as West Bank hospitals brace for a potential wave of coronavirus patients.
Apr 23, 2020
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Engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have made their designs for 3-D printed ventilator adapters available to the public to help during the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 23, 2020
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There is no evidence that use of hydroxychloroquine alone (HC) or with azithromycin (HC+AZ) reduces the risks for mechanical ventilation or death from any cause in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study ...
Apr 23, 2020
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As the pandemic swept across the nation in March, so did urgent questions about the virus' potential strain on the healthcare system.
Apr 22, 2020
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A ventilator developed by researchers from the Medical Robotics Research Group of the University of Málaga (UMA) in just 20 days to strengthen health care response to COVID-19, is already being manufactured after receiving ...
Apr 22, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Studies are beginning to show that, in rare cases, people with severe COVID-19 may develop the serious nervous system disorder known as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Apr 21, 2020
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Mike DeWan, 43, of Worcester; Jim Cracas, 51, of Chester Springs; and Raveena Brown, 62, of Bear, Del., each had the bad luck to get a horrible case of the coronavirus, so bad that they needed to spend days—in DeWan's case, ...
Apr 21, 2020
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