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Understaffing and increased nursing workload are associated with multiple organ failure in intensive care unit patients

Nurse Understaffing May Up Risk for Multiple Organ Failure in ICU Patients

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Nursing workload was significantly higher in patients with multiple organ failure, nonsurvivors
COVID-19 patients with hypertension have increased mortality risk

COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Those Not Taking Meds for Their HTN

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Mortality similar with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor, non-RAAS inhibitor for HTN
Francis Collins

NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine

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Name of campaign -- 'Operation Warp Speed' -- does not mean corners will be cut on safety
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of June 1 to 5

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

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Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Patients admitted to a New York City hospital with COVID-19 faced major morbidity and mortality

Acute Kidney Injury Common in COVID-19 Patients at NYC Hospital

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Of patients admitted to ICU, 78.0 percent developed acute kidney injury, 35.2 percent needed dialysis
Pediatric patients with COVID-19 rarely have systemic inflammation

Systemic Inflammation Rare in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients

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Level of interleukin 10 increased in moderate versus mild cases; no difference seen in IL6, TNFα, IFN-γ
Two premiere medical journals are questioning the validity of the data in two studies: one that showed the use of blood pressure drugs was safe in COVID-19 patients and another that showed the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was dangerous

COVID-19 Drug Studies Questioned

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Journals issue 'expressions of concern' over two recent studies of medications and their effect on COVID-19 patients
Children with COVID-19 frequently have negative chest computed tomography findings

Chest CT Often Normal in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients

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No change was seen in 10 of the 11 follow-up CT examinations carried out
Age-related differences in COVID-19 trends are seen among those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)

Young With Intellectual Disability More Likely to Die of COVID-19

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Concentration of COVID-19 cases, case fatality in those with IDD higher at younger ages
According to Anthony Fauci

Fauci Says Any COVID-19 Vaccine Would Be in Plentiful Supply by 2021

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Plan is to make doses of the vaccine before it is known to work, so if it does work, it can be distributed quickly