UC Davis Researchers Race to Develop Coronavirus Solutions
Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine, California National Primate Research Center and Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases are collaborating... read more
Inside a South Korean COVID-19 ICU
In a South Korean ICU, nurses wearing heavy self-contained respiratory systems work two-hour shifts. South Korea has seen a great success mitigating its large COVID-19 outbreak. South Korea has 12.3 hospital beds per... read more
What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?
The United States needs its health-care workers to see it through this crisis. But there are no replacements on the shelf. They can't be built, trained, or repurposed from other jobs. Unless the country does dramatically... read more
Is Lung Ultrasound an Option for COVID-19?
Whether you are the ultrasound educational lead for your hospital/ trust, a routine user or interested novice we're sure that you will have seen lots of exciting data on twitter (using the #POCUSforCOVID hashtag), suggesting... read more
A Comparison of Albumin and Saline for Fluid Resuscitation in the ICU
In this randomized trial, we found that the use of 4 percent albumin or normal saline for intravascular volume resuscitation in a heterogeneous population of patients in the ICU resulted in equivalent rates of death from... read more
Perioperative Care of Patients with Fragility Fractures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
High quality prompt care of all people with hip and other fragility fractures is a key component of helping with patient outcomes and bed occupancy during the coronavirus pandemic. Anaesthetists have a key role in ensuring... read more
How Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Might Save Lives
Hospitals in New York City are gearing up to use the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19 as a possible antidote for the disease. Researchers hope that the century-old approach of infusing patients with the... read more
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
A riveting memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist... read more
Impact of Early Neuraminidase Inhibitor Treatment on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Influenza B-related Pneumonia
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of early (within 2 days after disease onset) neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) administration on clinical outcomes in patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza B-related pneumonia... read more
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost... read more
Emergency Department Surge Capacity Strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic
No matter where you practice emergency medicine there will be, or has been, capacity problems in the COVID-19 crisis. Even if we "flatten the COVID-19 curve" there will be a load on the systems that exceeds our capacity.... read more
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma. As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set... read more
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 panel issued several recommendations to help support healthcare workers caring for critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus... read more
Where to Find More Caregivers for COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 cases in the United States are expanding exponentially and already overwhelming the capabilities of many public safety agencies. As this unprecedented pandemic continues, EMS, fire, and law enforcement agencies need... read more
Who Should Receive Life Support During a Public Health Emergency?
Unresolved ethical and practical dilemmas about allocating ventilators and critical care resources could threaten the success of the response to a public health emergency. We contend that the previously proposed "save... read more
Addressing Global Infectious Diseases With Dual Infectious Diseases
The discipline of infectious diseases is ever-growing, with a spectrum of practice pathways adopted by ID physicians, including sub-specialized fields of expertise in public health, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship,... read more
How COVID-19 is Affecting Trauma Systems in Italy
Italy is the first Western nation to experience the full impact of coronavirus disease. The pandemic is stretching the country's ability to care for older adults and patients with serious underlying medical conditions. But... read more
Cancer, CVD Patients More Likely to Contract COVID-19
Patients with cancer and cardiovascular disease may have a potentially higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and a higher likelihood of experiencing adverse outcomes from the disease, according to a paper published March 20... read more
Preparing for the COVID-19 Pandemic Podcast
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this episode focuses on the pandemic planning all ICUs should be doing – if they haven’t already been overwhelmed. This week a Working Group of 30 colleagues released the... read more
COVID-19: The Endgame, And How to Get There
Nobody likes talking about the COVID-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend on the endgame we choose. The differences... read more
1 Million Ventilators Project
We need to develop a strategic reserve of 1,000,000+ emergency ventilators ASAP. These don't need to be fancy medical ventilators, they just need to work. In a pandemic, the limited existing ventilator supply and stockpile... read more
Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media
As supplies have dwindled, doctors and nurses have improvised ways to make their stock last. Now they're urging leaders to help. An intensive-care nurse in Illinois was told to make a single-use mask last for five days. An... read more
