Health professional societies address critical care clinician burnout
Credit: ATS Feb. 25, 2021 - A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides ...
Tag: Critical Care/Emergency Medicine
How SARS-CoV-2’s sugar-coated shield helps activate the virus
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is coated with sugars called glycans, which help it evade the immune system; new ...
Antibodies recognize and attack different SARS-CoV-2 spike shapes
The spikes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, change shapes; new research reveals ways that antibodies can recognize these ...
Scientists reveal details of antibodies that work against Zika virus
Research from the California Institute of Technology shows exactly how antibodies stick to and block the Zika virus, which will ...
Scientists uncover new details of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with human cells
In order to infect cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, needs to insert itself into the membrane of human ...
Why some coronavirus strains are more infectious than others
The coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19 have spike proteins that move into 'active' and 'inactive' positions, and new research ...
COVID-19 vaccination axillary adenopathy detected during breast imaging
Open-access AJR article details clinical and imaging features of adenopathy detected during screening and diagnostic breast mammography, ultrasound, and MRI ...
Detecting COVID-19 with a sticker on your skin
A University of Missouri engineer received a grant from the National Science Foundation to plan for large-scale manufacturing of an ...
Tool encoded in coronaviruses provides a potential target for COVID-19
Viruses make copies of themselves during an infection, and new research sheds light on one of the coronavirus molecules that ...
How reducing body temperature could help a tenth of all ICU patients
A new study reveals how lower temperatures improve the activity of surfactant, a molecular mixture that is essential for breathing. ...
Damage to the heart found in more than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital
Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels ...
COVID-19 associated with leukoencephalopathy on brain MRI
COVID-19-related disseminated leukoencephalopathy represents an important differential consideration in patients with neurologic manifestations of coronavirus diseaseCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society ...
Researchers find delirium in hospitalized patients linked to mortality, disability
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower ...
Use of mobile stroke units improves clinical outcomes
Credit: Photo: S. Haase / Berliner Feuerwehr STEMOs (Stroke-Einsatz-Mobile) have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency ...
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