Behavioral Nudges Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations – Nature Commentaries: Text-message ‘nudges’ can encourage holdouts to get COVID vaccination, study finds – UCLA Text reminders boost vaccine appointments – Carnegie Mellon University Commentary on Twitter Sometimes the tools that actually work in public health are profoundly boring. Here, a text message reminder system is shown in […]
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Antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU in COVID times: the known unknowns – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents Related: IDSA Updated Covid-19 Guidance: Co-Infection and Antimicrobial Stewardship – “bacterial coinfections with SARS-CoV-2 infection are relatively infrequent (likely occurring in less than 10% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients)”. Antimicrobial stewardship in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic: back to […]
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19: a Case Series with Review of Literature – Academic Radiology
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Covid: Pulse oxygen monitors work less well on darker skin, experts say – BBC Related: FDA issues alert on ‘limitations’ of pulse oximeters, without explicit mention of racial bias “Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement”. In two large cohorts, Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by […]
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A blood marker predicts who gets ‘breakthrough’ COVID – Nature Related: A correlate of protection for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is urgently needed – “Recent studies suggest that neutralizing antibodies could serve as a correlate of protection for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in humans”. Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Covid-19 […]
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Noninvasive respiratory support outside the intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure related to coronavirus-19 disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Critical Care
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Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 Pneumonia: 6-month Chest CT Follow-up – Radiology
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Post-viral effects of COVID-19 in the olfactory system and their implications – The Lancet Neurology Related: Study finds 96.1% of patients objectively recovered from anosmia 1 year after COVID-19 diagnosis. Eight out of ten people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems – the most common self-reported symptoms included headache (37%) and anosmia or ageusia (26%). […]
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What every intensivist should know about Tocilizumab – Critical Care Related: Tocilizumab in COVID-19 therapy: who benefits, and how? A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 – interleukin-6 receptor blockers are now recommended for patients with severe or critical covid-19. M-A: Association Between Administration of IL-6 Antagonists and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 […]
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Should pregnant women have a COVID vaccine? The evidence says it’s safe and effective – The Conversation
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