Nurse Understaffing May Up Risk for Multiple Organ Failure in ICU Patients
Nursing workload was significantly higher in patients with multiple organ failure, nonsurvivors
COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Those Not Taking Meds for Their HTN
Mortality similar with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor, non-RAAS inhibitor for HTN
NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine
Name of campaign -- 'Operation Warp Speed' -- does not mean corners will be cut on safety
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
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...
Acute Kidney Injury Common in COVID-19 Patients at NYC Hospital
Of patients admitted to ICU, 78.0 percent developed acute kidney injury, 35.2 percent needed dialysis
Systemic Inflammation Rare in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients
Level of interleukin 10 increased in moderate versus mild cases; no difference seen in IL6, TNFα, IFN-γ
COVID-19 Drug Studies Questioned
Journals issue 'expressions of concern' over two recent studies of medications and their effect on COVID-19 patients
Chest CT Often Normal in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients
No change was seen in 10 of the 11 follow-up CT examinations carried out
Young With Intellectual Disability More Likely to Die of COVID-19
Concentration of COVID-19 cases, case fatality in those with IDD higher at younger ages
Fauci Says Any COVID-19 Vaccine Would Be in Plentiful Supply by 2021
Plan is to make doses of the vaccine before it is known to work, so if it does work, it can be distributed quickly