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POPCoRN network mobilizes pediatric capacity during pandemic
April 30, 2020
The Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network has worked like medical crowd sourcing.
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Volunteer surgeon describes working at a New York hospital
April 29, 2020
Arghavan Salles, MD, travels across the country to help fight the COVID-19 surge.
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Rural ICU capacity could be strained by COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Nonmetropolitan areas have fewer ICU beds per capita, but proportionately larger at-risk populations, than do urban areas.
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Seniors with COVID-19 show unusual symptoms, doctors say
April 27, 2020
The age group most at risk of severe complications may not have fever, insistent cough, or shortness of breath.
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Get triage plans in place before COVID-19 surge hits, critical care experts say
April 22, 2020
Decisions can place enormous ethical burdens on hospitals, health systems, and society, but planning for the worst may help optimize resource allocation, according to guidance.
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Switching gears at high speed
April 20, 2020
Michigan Medicine’s ICU Bootcamp is for clinicians who haven’t practiced in an ICU for a while.
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COVID-19: Managing resource crunch and ethical challenges
April 14, 2020
Allocation of health care resources should be made according to a plan, by a triage team, and not left to front-line clinicians.
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COVID-19 and surge capacity in U.S. hospitals
April 9, 2020
Independently preparing for the surge capacity needed to face COVID-19 may be infeasible for some hospitals.
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Is protocol-driven COVID-19 respiratory therapy doing more harm than good?
April 6, 2020
“This is a kind of disease in which you don’t have to follow the protocol – you have to follow the physiology. Unfortunately, many, many doctors around the world cannot think outside the protocol,” said Dr. Luciano Gattinoni.
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Which tube placement is best for a patient requiring enteral nutrition?
April 2, 2020
Early enteral nutrition is essential in hospitalized patients unable to maintain oral nutrition.