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AAP issues guidance on managing infants born to mothers with COVID-19
April 7, 2020
Infants born to mothers with COVID-19 should be tested for the virus at 24 hours and, if still in the birth facility, at 48 hours after birth.
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Flu activity down from its third peak of the season, COVID-19 still a factor
April 6, 2020
Mortality in children continued at a near-record level.
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Predictors of bacteremia in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
April 1, 2020
Blood cultures in children with CAP should be limited to patients admitted to the ICU.
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Flu activity measures continue COVID-19–related divergence
March 30, 2020
Fewer samples are testing positive, but flu-related visits are increasing.
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Reports suggest possible in utero transmission of novel coronavirus 2019
March 27, 2020
Three neonates whose mothers had COVID-19 had elevated IgM antibody concentrations.
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Despite strict controls, some infants born to mothers with COVID-19 appear infected
March 27, 2020
But the sources of novel coronavirus 2019 in the neonates’ upper respiratory tracts or anuses likely were maternal in origin.
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Lessons from Seattle: Prepping a critical care system for COVID-19
March 26, 2020
From communicating with staff to managing patients with comorbidities, here’s how a major Seattle medical center is preparing.
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FDA to allow alternative respiratory devices to treat COVID-19
March 25, 2020
“We are providing maximum regulatory flexibility to facilitate an increase in ventilator inventory.”
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How texting unites Seattle’s critical care departments
March 23, 2020
A basic smartphone feature becomes a crucial tool to keep the region’s ICUs connected.
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Managing the COVID-19 isolation floor at UCSF Medical Center
March 23, 2020
Armond Esmaili, MD, a hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, leads the Respiratory Isolation Unit at UCSF Medical Center, where the institution's COVID-19 and rule-out COVID-19 patients are being cohorted.