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Determining where to allocate stockpiled ventilators during a pandemic should be based on consideration of ethical principles

Article Addresses Allocation of Ventilators During Pandemic

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Determining allocation should include ethical considerations, ability of facilities to incorporate ventilators
For relatively healthy older individuals

Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Does Not Cut Dementia Risk in Seniors

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Risks for dementia, probable Alzheimer disease, MCI not reduced by low-dose aspirin versus placebo
Certain types of EpiPens and their generic counterparts may fail or delay injection of lifesaving epinephrine for severe allergic reactions

FDA Warns of Defective EpiPen Dangers

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Devices may activate prematurely if the blue safety release is removed using sideways force
Access to a blood plasma treatment for seriously ill COVID-19 patients has been made easier by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Eases Access to Blood Plasma Treatment for COVID-19 Patients

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Patients receive injections of blood plasma taken from people who have recovered
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a MedWatch Safety Alert on Tuesday about the potential risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission with the use of fecal microbiota for transplantation to treat Clostridioides difficile infection.

FDA Issues Safety Alert for COVID-19 Risk With Fecal Transplant

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Studies have recently shown SARS-CoV-2 present in stool of infected patients, suggesting transmission risk
Cardiac injury is associated with increased mortality in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Cardiac Injury Linked to Increased Mortality in COVID-19

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More hospitalized patients with cardiac injury required noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation
Leading up to the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

36 Percent of Available Hospital Beds Unoccupied on Typical Day

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Leading up to COVID-19 outbreak, 2.2 hospital beds available per 1,000 persons, but most occupied
National health expenditures are projected to increase at an average annual rate of 5.4 percent for 2019 to 2028

National Health Spending Expected to Increase Through 2028

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National health expenditures expected to represent 19.7 percent of gross domestic product by 2028
One in 10 older adults hospitalized for common medical conditions are discharged with intensified diabetes medications

Many Older Adults Receive Inpatient Diabetes Rx Intensification

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Benefit unlikely in half due to limited life expectancy or already being at their HbA1c goal
The distance from a patient residence to transplant center seems not to impact transplant referral and evaluation initiation among those with end-stage kidney disease

Distance to Kidney Transplant Center Does Not Affect Referral

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No impact found on transplant referral and evaluation initiation based on distance for ESKD patients