For high-risk outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, subcutaneously administered monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment with casirivimab and imdevimab is associated with reduced risk for 28-day hospitalization or death ...
Apr 12, 2022
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A commonly used means of delivering extra oxygen to children in intensive care is not as effective as many clinicians assume, new research has found.
Apr 7, 2022
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Advanced computing expertise is being used to help ensure that hospice patients are better protected from COVID-19 following a pioneering study led by The University of Manchester.
Apr 6, 2022
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Babies and toddlers who need a tracheostomy—a tube surgically inserted into their windpipe to help relieve breathing problems—are at a high risk of accumulating fluid behind their eardrum when on a ventilator. That's ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Hydrocortisone is no more effective than placebo at preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary to keep preterm infants alive, according to research funded by the National Institutes of ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Lying face down in a prone position is thought to improve outcomes for patients in intensive care with COVID-19. But a trial published by The BMJ today suggests that many patients cared for in hospital wards with COVID-19 ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Traditional public health protective measures such as social distancing through people staying mostly at home during outbreaks may not be enough to stop transmission of COVID-19 within densely populated high-buildings, says ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham working in partnership with firms NitroPep Ltd and Pullman AC have developed new antimicrobial technology for air filters which can in seconds kill bacteria, fungi and viruses including ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Ivermectin treatment during early illness does not prevent progression to severe disease for high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, according to a study published online Feb. 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Feb 23, 2022
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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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