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‘Hospital at home’ increases COVID capacity in large study
November 18, 2020
Atrium Health developed a “hospital at home” program for COVID patients and brought it online in just 2 weeks.
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Myocarditis rare, macrophage infiltration common at COVID autopsy
November 18, 2020
An autopsy study shows myocarditis is uncommon, seen in only 14% of COVID-19 deaths, but macrophage infiltration is very common and might explain cardiac imaging findings from earlier studies.
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Liver injury linked to COVID-19–related coagulopathy
November 18, 2020
Cells that line the liver’s blood vessels produce high levels of factor VIII, a coagulation factor, when they are exposed to interleukin-6, an inflammatory molecule associated with COVID-19.
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One-third of critical illness survivors emerge from ICU with functional deterioration
November 18, 2020
One-third of patients who survived nonsurgical ICU admission had evidence of functional status decline.
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COVID-19 burdens follow patients after discharge
November 18, 2020
Postdischarge COVID-19 patients have high rates of long-term sequelae from sepsis and other severe respiratory viral illnesses.
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Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’
November 17, 2020
Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not zero,” and response is “not futile.”
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In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?
November 17, 2020
“To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a manner not seen before.”
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‘Tragic’ milestone: 1 million children with COVID-19
November 17, 2020
“We haven’t seen a virus flash through our communities in this way since before we had vaccines for measles and polio.”
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Moderna: Interim data show 94.5% efficacy for COVID-19 vaccine, will seek FDA EUA
November 16, 2020
The first interim results of the phase 3 COVE trial included 95 participants with confirmed COVID-19.
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Escalate HIV adherence strategies amid COVID-19
November 13, 2020
Virtual care is not meeting the needs of people with HIV who struggled with viral suppression even before the COVID-19 pandemic.