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Addressing the nursing shortage
Publish date: January 7, 2022
Dr. Hannapel With the onset of COVID-19, the existing nurse shortage only worsened at many...
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Empiric therapeutic anticoagulation for severe COVID-19
Publish date: January 7, 2022
Dr. Anderson Clinical question: For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, does empiric...
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Epilepsy linked to 1.5-fold higher COVID-19 mortality in hospital
Publish date: December 14, 2021
Findings suggest higher risk although researchers haven’t adjusted findings for confounders yet.
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CDC unveils mental health protection plan for health care workers
Publish date: November 22, 2021
“It’s long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of us and address burnout in our health care workers,” said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
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Substance abuse boosts COVID hospitalization, death risk, even after vaccination
Publish date: October 15, 2021
Investigators found about twice as many individuals with an SUD had a breakthrough COVID-19 infection as their counterparts without an SUD.
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Age, C-reactive protein predict COVID-19 death in diabetes
Publish date: September 29, 2021
“This means we can easily identify patients early on in their hospital stay who will likely require more aggressive interventions to try and improve survival.”
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Remdesivir sharply cuts COVID hospitalization risk, Gilead says
Publish date: September 23, 2021
An RCT evaluated the efficacy and safety of a 3-day course of intravenous remdesivir in an analysis of 562 nonhospitalized patients at high risk for disease progression.
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Nurses ‘at the breaking point,’ consider quitting due to COVID issues: Survey
Publish date: September 21, 2021
“What we’re hearing from our nurses is really shocking.”
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