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Uncategorized Published - 23 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
One Size Does Not Fit All: How to Rapidly Deploy Intubation Practice Changes in a Pediatric Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Brown, Sarah MD; Verma, Shilpa MBBS; Lean, Alexa MD; Patrao, Fiona MBBS Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p e48-e50 To the Editor In the time of an airborne pandemic, institutions must adapt and launch innovative strategies to keep patients and staff safe. This is challenging given the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Increased rates of amputation, death in COVID-19 patients with inadequate lower extremity blood supply

DG Alerts Venous thromboembolic events in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients are well recognized, but findings published in the journal Radiology suggest a link between the infection and lower extremity arterial thrombosis, characterized by higher clot burden and a predilection for proximal vessels. The incidence of death and amputation was also significantly more common in COVID-19 patients […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Treating heart failure during a pandemic: 3 key recommendations

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News COVID-19 hit hospitals hard, leaving providers with an influx of new patients and uncertainty about how to move forward. A new commentary in Circulation: Heart Failure offers a first-hand account of how one facility faced the pandemic head-on, embracing telehealth to ensure patients with advanced heart failure (HF) received the high-quality […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Report describes fibrinolysis with alteplase for acute pulmonary embolism in severe COVID-19

DG Alerts A case series published in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy highlights four patients needing mechanical ventilation for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, who were diagnosed with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), and underwent systemic fibrinolysis with full-dose alteplase, with three of them achieving rapid hemodynamic and respiratory success. Roberta Della Bona, MD, CardioThoracoVascular […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Optimizing Clinical Staffing in Times of a Pandemic Crisis Such as COVID-19

Authors: Habib, Ahmed MD; Zinn, Pascal O. MD, PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p e45-e47 To the Editor With great interest, we read the article recently published by Mascha et al.1 Mascha et al1 discuss the logistics challenge that health care workers and institutions around the world are currently […]

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