Critical Care

Pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 have increased risk for maternal mortality, maternal morbidities

Researchers suggest that federal pandemic relief programs may have helped patients make a dent in their medical bills

For children younger than 5 years, having any viral codetection or rhinovirus/enterovirus codetection significantly linked to severe illness

Program also helps caregivers prepare to care for these infants after discharge to home

Two percent increase seen in odds of 14-day in-hospital mortality for each additional day of exposure to high capacity utilization

Racial and ethnic composition of neonatal nurse practitioner faculty and students does not differ significantly

Sharp increase seen in stroke mortality with increasing age; steeper decline seen for ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke mortality

Racial disparities seen in outcomes, including more cases in Black children as organ dysfunction increases

Risk for severe outcomes of COVID-19 higher for patients with hematologic versus solid cancer

When comparing pre-COVID-19 years with COVID-19 years, significant increase seen in both ICU and non-ICU admissions