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Authors: Tryphonopoulos, Peter MD, FRCPC; McFaul, Colleen MD, FRCPC; Gagne, Sylvain MD, FRCPC; Moffett, Stephane MD, FRCPC; Byford, Larry MD, FRCPC; Thompson, Calvin MD, FRCPC Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e90-e91 To the Editor The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlights the risk of aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Statin use provides significant value for COVID-19 patients, according to new findings published in the American Journal of Cardiology. The study’s authors noted that “two opposing views” exist regarding statin use and COVID-19. One view is that the drugs could make the patient’s prognosis work, as they have done with […]
Read MoreBY CHRISTOPHER CHENEY HealthLeaders Combining the World Health Organization’s operating room checklist with a preoperative and postoperative checklist benefits patients, research indicates. KEY TAKEAWAYS Patient safety remains a significant concern two decades after the publication of the landmark report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Combining the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist with […]
Read MoreBy Utku Kucukduner Interesting Engineering Wearing masks is important, wearing clean masks, even more so. The whole world is coming to the same conclusion that the masks are the way to go for this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But simply wearing a mask does not suffice, we need to wear clean ones too. Scientists believe that pathogens […]
Read MoreAuthors: García-Méndez, Nayely PhD; Lagarda Cuevas, Juan MD; Otzen, Tamara PhD; Manterola, Carlos PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e92-e93 To the Editor We read the study by Tompkins and Kerchberger,1 personal protective equipment (PPE) for Care of Pandemic Influenza Patients: A Training Workshop for the Powered Air-Purifying Respirators […]
Read MoreBy Allyson Chiu The Washington Post Duke study finds some cotton cloth masks are about as effective as surgical masks, while thin polyester spandex gaiters may be worse than going maskless. As the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to rise nationwide, the recurring message from many public health experts and doctors has been simple: Wearing masks […]
Read MoreThis is very interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Photographing the pupils of heart failure (HF) patient can help predict if they are at a greater risk of death or hospital readmission, according to new findings published in ESC Heart Failure. The authors explored data from 870 […]
Read MoreBY JESSICA LI The Daily California When people sleep, an electrical “noise” in their brains can reveal whether or not they are dreaming, according to a July 28 study led by campus researchers. The two basic types of sleep are rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep and non-REM sleep. Using small, metal electrodes attached to the […]
Read MoreBY NICOLE BROWN CBS NEWS Plastic face shields are likely not as effective in preventing the spread of the coronavirus as cloth face masks, experts believe. As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States and around the world, doctors continue to urge the public to wear masks, observe social distancing and wash their hands. In one recent example, during an outbreak of […]
Read MoreBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs. A national nursing union is concerned that gear has to […]
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