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UrduWhat The Study Did: Whether alcohol withdrawal rates among hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder increased during the COVID-19 pandemic was examined in this study. Authors: Ram A. Sharma M.D., of Christiana Care in ,Newark, Delaware, is the corresponding author. To…
Tag: CRITICAL CARE/EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Genomics study identifies routes of transmission of coronavirus in care homes
Care homes are at high risk of experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Older people and those affected by heart disease, respiratory disease and type 2 diabetes – all of which increase with age – are at…
Study reveals frequency and characteristics of stroke in COVID-19 patients
Findings also show coronavirus patients with stroke face increased need for long-term care
Association between COVID-19 lockdown measures, ED visits for violence-related injuries in Wales
What The Study Did: This study investigates emergency department visits for violence-related injuries occurring at home and outside the home in Cardiff, Wales, before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures were instituted in March 2020. Authors: Jonathan P. Shepherd, Ph.D., Crime…
Geriatric emergency departments associated with lower medicare expenditures
Study demonstrates reduced total cost of care for Medicare beneficiaries who receive specialized geriatric emergency care
Hydrogel injection may change the way the heart muscle heals after a heart attack
CÚRAM publishes new research on the potential of injectable hydrogels to repair heart muscle damage after a heart attack
New journal launched, The International Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Diseases
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, The International Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Diseases. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2021. Dr. N. Mendez-Sanchez,…
Advanced practice nurses reduce hospitalizations from nursing home residents
MU study examines effectiveness of $35 million program designed to improve quality of care in nursing homes
Health Professional Societies Address Critical Care Clinician Burnout
Feb. 25, 2021 – A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides a roadmap that critical care clinicians’ professional societies can use to address burnout. While strongly needed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Research agreement focuses on battlefield injuries
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – OYE Therapeutics Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company, is working to reduce the mortality and morbidity resulting from injuries on the battlefield through the development of new life-saving strategies. OYE is located in the Purdue Technology Center…
Antibodies recognize and attack different SARS-CoV-2 spike shapes
The spikes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, change shapes; new research reveals ways that antibodies can recognize these different shapes and block the virus and informs the design of vaccines and antiviral therapies
How SARS-CoV-2’s sugar-coated shield helps activate the virus
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is coated with sugars called glycans, which help it evade the immune system; new research shows precisely how those sugars help the virus become activated and infectious and could help with vaccine and drug disc
Scientists uncover new details of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with human cells
In order to infect cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, needs to insert itself into the membrane of human cells; new molecular models show what parts of SARS-CoV-2 are critical for that interaction, revealing new potential drug targets
Arthritis drugs may reduce mortality and time in ICU for sickest COVID patients
Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with drugs typically used for rheumatoid arthritis may significantly improve survival, a landmark study has found. The findings, which were announced in January and have now been peer-reviewed and published in the New England Journal…
Study finds short window for donating convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The optimal timeframe for donating convalescent plasma for use in COVID-19 immunotherapy, which was given emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2020, is within 60 days of the onset of symptoms,…
One in five people in south London live with multiple long-term conditions
New research has found one in five people in the south London live with multimorbidity. The study, published today in the Lancet Regional Health by researchers from King’s College London and the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre…
COVID-19 vaccination axillary adenopathy detected during breast imaging
Open-access AJR article details clinical and imaging features of adenopathy detected during screening and diagnostic breast mammography, ultrasound, and MRI after recent coronavirus disease vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna)
Study shows economic impact of post-op delirium
Results suggest that delirium has substantial public health implications
How reducing body temperature could help a tenth of all ICU patients
A new study reveals how lower temperatures improve the activity of surfactant, a molecular mixture that is essential for breathing. This indicates that therapeutic hypothermia is a potential treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome, which affects
Tool encoded in coronaviruses provides a potential target for COVID-19
Viruses make copies of themselves during an infection, and new research sheds light on one of the coronavirus molecules that is important for this process, providing a potential drug target that could work for Covid-19 and other coronavirus outbreaks too.
Detecting COVID-19 with a sticker on your skin
A University of Missouri engineer received a grant from the National Science Foundation to plan for large-scale manufacturing of an on-skin, wearable bioelectronic device.
UConn researcher offers lessons learned from a pre-pandemic study of telemedicine use
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has become a new norm for many routine and non-emergency medical needs. But there are lessons to be learned from telemedicine’s use – or lack thereof – prior to the pandemic, and…
Yale scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients’ own stem cells
Intravenous injection of bone marrow derived stem cells (MSCs) in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions, researchers from Yale University and Japan report Feb. 18 in the Journal of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery .…
Asthmatics no higher risk dying from COVID, review of studies on 587,000 people shows
A new study looking at how COVID-19 affects people with asthma provides reassurance that having the condition doesn’t increase the risk of severe illness or death from the virus.
Real world data on hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure
In an analysis of information on 448 patients with heart failure who were discharged from a hospital in Sweden, 20.3% of patients were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, and 60.9% were readmitted within 1 year. The ESC Heart…
‘Classic triad’ of symptoms misses positive COVID-19 cases, study finds
Extending the symptoms that trigger a PCR test for COVID-19 could help detect around a third more cases of the disease. New research led by researchers at King’s College London and published in the Journal of Infection suggests that restricting…
COVID-19 associated with leukoencephalopathy on brain MRI
COVID-19-related disseminated leukoencephalopathy represents an important differential consideration in patients with neurologic manifestations of coronavirus disease
New research finds drive-through mass-vaccination clinics could alter COVID-19 trajectory
Researchers use data from the H1N1 pandemic to model pathway to achieve faster vaccination to stem COVID-19 crisis
Hydrogel promotes wound healing better than traditional bandages, gauzes
Advances in hydrogel wound dressings make them antibacterial, biodegradable, better suited for healing irregular, deep wounds
Delayed medical treatment of high-impact injuries: A lesson from the Syrian civil war
In providing humanitarian medical treatment to victims of the Syrian civil war, Israeli researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and Galilee Medical Center found that delayed surgical intervention may improve outcome.
COVID-19 linked to potentially dangerous eye abnormalities
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers using MRI have found significant abnormalities in the eyes of some people with severe COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. The study results support the need for eye screening in these…
Use of mobile stroke units improves clinical outcomes
STEMOs (Stroke-Einsatz-Mobile) have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency response vehicles allow physicians to start treating stroke patients before they reach hospital. For the first time, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has…
Dartmouth engineering faculty elected senior members of the National Academy of Inventors
Two Dartmouth Engineering professors have been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) 2021 class of Senior Members: Charles Sullivan , professor of engineering, and Karl Griswold , associate professor of engineering. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists,…
Coronavirus test from a suitcase
Mobile laboratory for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 for Africa
Proper fit of face masks is more important than material, study suggests
A team of researchers studying the effectiveness of different types of face masks has found that in order to provide the best protection against COVID-19, the fit of a mask is as important, or more important, than the material it…
Lundquist Institute receives $1.75 million grant from Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
The grant will fund clinical trials to study the efficacy of psilocybin in treating the emotional suffering associated with terminal medical illness
Definitely not the flu: risk of death from COVID-19 3.5 times higher than from flu
A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal ) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza . “We can now say definitively that COVID-19 is much more severe than seasonal…
Lung ultrasound helps predict COVID-19 patient outcomes
Brazilian researchers applied an examination protocol based on an analysis of 12 lung regions to 180 severe patients and found that the higher the lung ultrasound score the greater the risk of ICU admission, intubation and death.
Endovascular aneurysm repair linked to higher readmission rates
Chances of readmission were 1.5 times higher with less-invasive technique
The Lundquist Institute’s Dr. Ruey-Kang Chang receives Tibbetts Award from SBA
The award recognizes QT Medical founded by Dr. Chang, the inventor of QT ECG, a new micro-cardiac detection system for babies
Anticancer drug may improve outcome for severe COVID-19 patients
Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small clinical study in Italy and China that was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden between February and April 2020.
Raised mortality from cardiac arrest in people with COVID-19
Sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19, a new study shows. Those responsible for the research see the results as a wake-up call for the public and care providers alike.
Anticancer drug may improve outcome for severe COVID-19 patients
Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small clinical study in Italy and China that was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden between February and April…
Raised mortality from cardiac arrest in people with COVID-19
Sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19, a new study shows. Those responsible for the research see the results as a wake-up call for the public and care providers alike. The survey now published in the…
Dialysis patients have 4-fold greater risk of dying from COVID-19
People undergoing long-term dialysis are almost 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and should be prioritized for vaccination, found a new Ontario study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Emergency department visits for mental health, overdose and violence before, during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to look at changes in emergency department visits for mental health, suicide attempts, drug and opioid overdoses and outcomes of violence before and during the COVID-19…
COVID-19 outcomes among individuals living with, without HIV in New York State
What The Study Did: COVID-19 outcomes including hospitalization and in-hospital death were compared between people living with or without diagnosed HIV in New York State. Authors: Eli S. Rosenberg, Ph.D., of the State University of New York in Rensselaer, is…
Ground-breaking evidence reveals scalp cooling physically protects hair follicles
GROUND-BREAKING research from the University of Huddersfield, announced ahead of World Cancer Day 2021, proves that scalp cooling physically protects hair follicles from chemotherapy drugs. It is the world’s first piece of biological evidence that explains how scalp cooling actually…
First-of-its-kind medical truck launches in the twin cities metro to treat cardiac arrest patients
University of Minnesota, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and health care system partners announce the launch of a truck outfitted with medical equipment and virtual reality technology to help experts attend to patients remotely for extracorporeal…
International research network identifies triggers for severe course of liver cirrhosis
Findings of the PREDICT study on acute decompensation and acute-on-chronic liver failure