Seven States Join Pact to Speed COVID-19 Testing
Bipartisan plan illustrates just how bad testing delays are across the country
CDC Describes 238 Confirmed Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Median patient age was 5.3 years; 86 percent of patients had onset during August to November
Burnout High Among Nonphysician Frontline Health Care Workers
Findings based on survey of COVID-19 frontline workers surveyed at a tertiary care center in Japan
Trump’s Plan Limits Free Nursing Home COVID-19 Tests
Although nursing homes house small percentage of the population, as many as 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths occur there
Most Studies Still Fail to Analyze Data by Sex
However, women are significantly better represented in clinical trials
Risk for Positive COVID-19 Test Up for Health Care Workers
Risk increased for frontline health care workers compared with the general community
July 2020 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for July 2020. This roundup includes the...
Mortality Risk Increased With Pulmonary Vascular Resistance of ≥2.2
For patients referred for RHC, risk for mortality, heart failure up with PVR of ≥2.2 Wood units
Risk for Acute Cerebrovascular Events Low in COVID-19 Patients
In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 2.4 percent had confirmed ischemic stroke, 0.9 percent had ICH
Obesity Ups Risk for Intubation, Death With COVID-19 in Adults <65
Risk highest for those with class 3 obesity; link mainly seen in adults younger than 65 years of age
