Author: 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 […]
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