A new study by Monash University provides evidence that a simple ventilated headboard hood can stop the spread of SARS-CoV2 between patients and health care workers in hospital wards.
Dec 14, 2020
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Using a single ventilator to support two patients could be feasible in crisis situations involving a ventilator shortage, researchers have found.
Dec 03, 2020
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(HealthDay)—COVID-19 patients who end up on a ventilator may be at risk of rare but serious injuries to the throat, a new study suggests.
Nov 30, 2020
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The rapid spread of COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals that were unable to contend with the increasing number of patients, many requiring ventilators and other critical care. Such conditions can put medical workers at risk. Now ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients, including those without diabetes, according to major research published in the peer-reviewed open access journal Annals of Medicine.
Nov 23, 2020
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Most ventilation systems in schools and offices are just not up to the job when it comes to helping curb the spread of COVID-19.
Nov 23, 2020
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The antiviral drug remdesivir is not suggested for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, regardless of how severely ill they are, because there is currently no evidence that it improves survival or the need for ventilation, ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Simple, low-cost technology developed by University of Canterbury (UC) engineers could save thousands of lives by doubling the capacity of ventilators in hospital intensive care units, boosting the capacity to treat overwhelming ...
Nov 16, 2020
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It's a decision being made thousands of times over inside hospitals all around the country: is it time to place a patient struggling to breathe on a ventilator? For all of the attention ventilators have received during the ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Keeping the windows open to combat COVID-19 is easier said than done as winter approaches. One German school believes it has found a cheap and simple solution with a DIY ventilation system designed by a teacher's scientist ...
Nov 13, 2020
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