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UrduCanada should anticipate a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus as COVID-19 physical distancing measures are relaxed, authors warn in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal) . Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply in Australia and, more…
Tag: CRITICAL CARE/EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Featured articles from the journal CHEST®, July 2021
Glenview, Ill. – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care, sleep medicine and related disciplines. Journal topics include asthma, chest infections, COPD, critical care, diffuse lung disease, education and clinical practice,…
AZ heroes study awarded $15M to continue, expand evaluation of COVID-19 immunity
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immunity among frontline workers has received a $15 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue the current research for another year…
New method predicts COVID-19 severity, could help with hospital triage
During the height of the pandemic, some hospitals were overwhelmed with patients seeking treatment for COVID-19. This situation could happen again during future outbreaks, especially with SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern on the rise. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry…
Study: Long-term prognosis for some patients with severe brain injury better than expected
Surprising recoveries months later may prompt physicians to delay life-support discussions
Children’s National Hospital and NIAID launch study on long-term impacts of COVID-19 and MIS-C
NIH-funded multi-year study will look at impacts on children’s physical health and quality of life
The journal CHEST receives Impact Factor of 9.410
Recently released in the latest Journal Citation Reports, the journal CHEST® , the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST, received a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 9.410, up from 8.308 last year. The journal retained the…
Disparities in outpatient visit rates
What The Study Did: Researchers examined racial/ethnic disparities in outpatient visit rates to 29 physician specialties in the United States. Authors: Christopher Cai, M.D., of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, is…
NIH-funded study shows imaging after mild brain injury may predict outcomes
Presence of certain features on CT scans may guide follow up treatment
For concussion patients, CTs offer window into recovery
UCSF-led study matches brain imaging with prognosis, showing lingering impairment for some
Exploring gap between excess mortality, COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries
What The Study Did: N ational health care systems have different capacities to correctly identify people who died of COVID-19. Researchers in this study analyzed the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 confirmed mortality in 67 countries to determine the…
Outcomes of patients treated by female vs male physicians
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether death, other hospital outcomes and processes of care differed between patients cared for by female and male physicians at hospitals in Canada. Authors: Fahad Razak, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Toronto in…
Common COVID-19 antibiotic no more effective than placebo
UCSF outpatient study found limited effect of azithromycin on progression of disease
Association of remdesivir treatment with survival, length of hospital stay among US veterans hospitalized with COVID-19
What The Study Did: I n this observational study using data from the Veterans Health Administration for 2,344 U.S. veterans hospitalized with COVID-19, remdesivir treatment was associated with prolonged hospitalization but wasn’t associated with improved survival. Authors: Michael E. Ohl,…
On the front lines: Correctional nurses and the COVID-19 pandemic
New Rochelle, NY, July 14, 2021-Firsthand reports from nurses in correctional facilities detail the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. These firsthand accounts are reported in a special issue on correctional nursing in the Journal of Correctional Health Care…
The Lancet: One in two hospitalized COVID-19 patients develop a complication
Study is most comprehensive of its kind and included more than 70,000 adults in the UK hospitalised with severe COVID-19 disease. Of these, half (36,367 of 73,197) developed one or more health complication during their hospitalisation. Most common complications included…
Measures and clinical approach of COVID 19
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has spread throughout the globe and much time has passed since it was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management provides clinicians and scholars all the information…
Primary care practice characteristics make little impact on unplanned hospital admissions
Primary care variation in rates of unplanned hospitalizations, functional ability, and quality of life of older people
CHEST releases expert guidelines for lung cancer screening
Glenview, Illinois – The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline, Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report . The guideline contains 16 evidence-based recommendations and an update of the evidence base…
New lung cancer screening course focuses on shared decision making
Glenview, IL – The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational program titled ” Shared Decision Making in Lung Cancer Screening ” to assist healthcare workers with identifying eligible patients for…
Survival for babies born with a birth defect – a “post-code lottery”
Survival for a baby born with a birth defect – otherwise known as a congenital anomaly – is a “post-code lottery”, according to scientists from 74 countries. A study published today in The Lancet , led by researchers from King’s…
COVID-19 ARDS Focus of Latest ATS/CSL Behring Research Grant Recipient
New York, NY – July 13, 2021- The ATS Research Program is pleased to announce that William Zhang, MD, of Weill Cornell Medical Center is the recipient of the 2020-2021 ATS/CSL Behring Research Award in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The…
Direct flights save lives! New airline routes can increase kidney sharing by more than 7%
INFORMS Journal Management Science Study Key Takeaways: Lack of direct airline routes limit the flexibility of organ transplantation policies. A new airline route can increase the number of kidneys shared between different regions by more than 7% while also decreasing…
Changes in care delivery during COVID-19
What The Study Did: Researchers characterized clinical content of ambulatory care among office-based compared with telemedicine visits in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors: G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…
A summary of myocarditis cases following COVID-19
Myocarditis-or inflammation around the heart–has been reported in some patients with COVID-19. After searching the medical literature, researchers have now summarized the results of 41 studies describing myocarditis in 42 patients with COVID-19. The analysis, which is published in the…
Stroke treatment may backfire when kidneys don’t work well
Researchers at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Japan show that excessive blood pressure reduction for acute intracerebral hemorrhage is risky in people with decreased kidney function Suita, Japan — Stroke and chronic kidney disease are both difficult to…
Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life
Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to…
Biomaterial vaccines ward off broad range of bacterial infections and septic shock
A new vaccine technology combining capture of bacterial pathogens with effective immune-reprogramming biomaterials could be applied to a broad spectrum of infectious diseases
Understanding frailty will lead to better care for older adults
Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare one year after receiving critical care. A team led by researchers from the University of Waterloo analyzed data from more than 24,000 community-dwelling older…
Study: Hospitals not adequately prepared for next pandemic
Use of new preparedness tool can help hospitals determine their ability to respond to unexpected surges due to mass shootings, terrorist attacks, or future pandemics
‘Zombie cells’ hold clues to spinal cord injury repair
Mammals have a poor ability to recover after a spinal cord injury which can result in paralysis. A main reason for this is the formation of a complex scar associated with chronic inflammation that produces a cellular microenvironment that blocks tissue repair.
Interleukin-6 antagonists improve outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Findings from a study published today [6 July] in the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) have prompted new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to use interleukin-6 antagonists in patients with severe or critical COVID-19 along with…
SAEM publishes GRACE guidelines for recurrent, low-risk chest pain care in the ED
GRACE: Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency department
Identifying hospitals with a high proportion of patients with social risk factors
What The Study Did: This study investigates whether different risk factors identify the same hospitals caring for a high proportion of disadvantaged patients using seven definitions of social risk. Authors: Susannah M. Bernheim, M.D., M.H.S., of the Yale University School…
Surprise bills for childbirth
What The Study Did: Researchers estimated the frequency and magnitude of surprise bills for deliveries and newborn hospitalizations, which are the leading reasons for hospitalization in the United States, to illustrate the potential benefits of federal legislation that will protect…
Only 20 states used health equity committees in COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning
New analysis finds that despite major COVID-19 health disparities, fewer than half of US states included health equity committees in vaccine distribution plans, and only 8 included representatives from minority groups
Knowledge of nurses for pain management of patients on maintenance hemodialysis
The article by Dr. Eman Khamis Al Nazly and Dr. Husam Al Khatib is published in the journal, The Open Nursing Journal
Patients with high-deductible insurance plans less likely to seek care for chest pain
Study suggests plans particularly affect low-income patients, who had a 30% higher rate of heart attack hospitalization within 30 days after their initial emergency department visit diagnosis of chest pain
Demystifying COVID-19
In this book ‘Demystifying COVID-19- understanding of the Disease, its diagnosis and treatment’ basic points are discussed from case examples to the main principles followed in diagnosis and treatment, real scenarios in the course of the disease, issues that need…
COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: rare but possible
In rare cases, adults who have recovered from COVID-19 may develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and clinicians should consider this possibility in adults with specific symptoms, as physicians describe in a case published in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal )…
New research finds ways to improve accuracy of Lateral Flow Tests
Research published in the journal ACS Materials and Interfaces has provided new understanding of how false-negative results in Lateral Flow Tests occur and provides opportunity for simple improvements to be made. Lateral Flow Devices were introduced late in 2020 on…
Corticosteroids may be an effective treatment for COVID-19 complications in children
Corticosteroids may be an effective treatment for children who develop a rare but serious condition after COVID-19 infection
Scientists prepare for next coronavirus pandemic, maybe in 2028?
New drug target found for future and current coronaviruses
NIH study offers new evidence of early SARS-CoV-2 infections in US
Researchers analyze 24,000 blood samples and multiple antibody testing platforms to add to picture of COVID-19’s emergence
Researchers identify why COVID-19 patients develop life-threatening clots
New insights could lead to new therapies for COVID-19
Study finds survival is more important than a chronic medical condition in prioritizing medical care
Findings support excluding chronic heart failure, cirrhosis, chronic lung disease from a list of conditions which should be triaged as lower priority for ventilators if there is a shortage
Touchless technology could enable early detection and treatment of eye diseases that cause blindness
A non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible. The new technology, developed by engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo, is designed to detect telltale signs…
Anticoagulation in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
What The Study Did: This study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 examines the association of anticoagulation treatment with mortality rates. Authors: Valerie M. Vaughn, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author. To…
International analysis of electronic health records of children, youth hospitalized with COVID-19 in 6 countries
What The Study Did: Researchers describe international hospitalization trends and key epidemiological and clinical features of children and youth with COVID-19. Authors: Paul Avillach, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and Florence Bourgeois, M.D., M.P.H., of Boston Children’s…
New defence against superbugs
Taking fish oil may reduce antibiotic resistance