Authors: Bauer, Melissa E. DO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 7-15 Abstract With increasing numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases due to efficient human-to-human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the United States, preparation for the unpredictable setting of labor […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: King, Michael R. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 255-262 BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are well documented in the United States, although evidence of disparities in pediatric anesthesia is limited. We sought to determine whether there is an association between […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Ramos DG News The addition of a heated humidified breathing circuit (HHBC) to standard forced air warming blankets in hypothermic patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after cardiac surgery did not result in a statistically significant reduction in time to normothermia, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News In-hospital mortality, myocardial injury and acute kidney injury (AKI) are all more common among COVID-19 patients with a history of heart failure (HF), according to new research published in ESC Heart Failure. The authors tracked all patients with a history of HF treated at a single facility from March 1 […]
Read MoreWritten Denise Baez People with Down syndrome have a 4-fold increased risk for hospitalisation from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a 10-fold increased risk for COVID-19-related death, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Down syndrome is not on the UK shielding list or on the US Centers for Disease Control and […]
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