Tag: coronavirus
Association of Convalescent Plasma Treatment With Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19
Treatment with convalescent plasma compared with placebo or standard of care was not significantly associated with a decrease in all-cause mortality or with any benefit for other clinical outcomes. The certainty of the evidence... read more
Learning From Doctors with Long COVID-19
When Sarah Burns and Sue Warren started a support group for doctors with long covid, they found a number of people struggling with new experiences, losses, and vulnerabilities Long covid has emerged as a serious, yet poorly... read more
They served on the COVID-19 front lines. Now these emergency medicine doctors can’t find jobs.
Usually, emergency medicine residents fend off recruiters hoping to hire them. This year, they’re barely getting calls back. Here's how COVID-19 has upended EM job prospects — and what these young doctors worry they may... read more
Helmet CPAP to treat hypoxic pneumonia outside the ICU
Respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with high mortality and may overwhelm health care systems, due to the surge of patients requiring advanced respiratory support. Shortage of intensive care unit... read more
Causes and Timing of Death in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Mortality rate of critically ill COVID-19 patients is high, especially in those requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. However, the causes and the timing of death of patients admitted to the ICU for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia... read more
Analysis of Fentanyl Pharmacokinetics and Tolerance in Critically-Ill Children
Different weight-based fentanyl dosing rates may be required for infants and children of different ages to achieve similar plasma concentrations. Using SBS scores may guide the dosing titration of fentanyl that resulted in... read more
SOFA Score Accuracy For Determining Mortality Of Severely Ill Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia
The SOFA score possesses inadequate discriminant accuracy to be used for ventilator triage of COVID-19 patients. A better option is needed that incorporates variables specifically related to mortality in patients with COVID-19... read more
Testing Asymptomatic Patients for COVID-19 – Known Unknowns
How common is asymptomatic COVID-19? How infectious is it? And how much does it actually contribute to overall transmission? Nicola Low spoke on behalf of herself and Muge Cevik to outline the role of asymptomatic transmission.... read more
Epidemiology and microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 patients
The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for many hospitalizations in intensive care units (ICU), with widespread use of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) which exposes patients to the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia... read more
Central and peripheral nervous system complications of COVID-19
CNS and PNS complications were common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, particularly in the ICU, and often attributable to critical illness. When COVID-19 was the primary cause for neurological disease, no signs of viral... read more
Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor’s Story of Courage and Compassion on the COVID-19 Frontline
The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside hospitals to save lives and combat the virus on the front line. Duty of Care is the first book to tell the full story of... read more
Effect of a Single High Dose of Vitamin D3 on Hospital LOS in Patients with COVID-19
Among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a single high dose of vitamin D3, compared with placebo, did not significantly reduce hospital length of stay. The findings do not support the use of a high dose of vitamin D3 for... read more
The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease
For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since... read more
Study finds genetic clues to pneumonia risk and COVID-19 disparities
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified genetic factors that increase the risk for developing pneumonia and its severe, life-threatening consequences. Their findings, published... read more
