Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians’ stress
Credit: Dr. Kline New research published in Academic Emergency Medicine indicates that for physicians and nurses working evening shifts in ...
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ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management
Credit: ATS April 06, 2020─ An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help clinicians ...
Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags
Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...
Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial
Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...
Suffering from skin damage from face masks?
Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are ...
UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care
Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two ...
New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19
Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who ...
Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online
ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by ...
Checklist for emergency department team’s COVID-19 surge
Translating disaster medicine theory into practiceCredit: European Centers for Disease Control The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to many health ...
Advanced liver disease patients and transplant recipients need specific care during COVID-19
EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the ...
New guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
International panel does quick turnaroundCredit: Photo courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2020) - An international team including McMaster ...
New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate ...
Guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
The guidelines will be used by frontline clinicians, allied health professionals and policy makers involved in the care of patients ...