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Researchers test effects of full doses of anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients

Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients.

23 Dec 2020

California’s COVID enforcement strategy: Education over citations

Nearly six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to target businesses that are flagrantly violating public health orders to control the spread of COVID-19, California regulators have issued just 424 citations and suspended two business licenses as of Monday, according to data from 10 state regulatory and law enforcement agencies.

22 Dec 2020

Study examines how obesity affected postpartum hemorrhage outcomes at a tertiary care center

Postpartum hemorrhage, or excessive bleeding after delivery, is still one of the leading causes of severe maternal injury and death in the United States. And the rise in obesity among pregnant women has been linked to increased rates of this potentially serious, largely preventable obstetric complication.

22 Dec 2020

Researchers establish BRIDGES program to synergize diagnostic efforts, patient outcome management

For over 20 years, the Genetics Service at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has been providing clinical care to patients with genetic disorders.

22 Dec 2020

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

As COVID-19 spread worldwide in early 2020, the avalanche of patients requiring admission into intensive care units (ICUs) suddenly became overwhelming to the healthcare systems.

21 Dec 2020

High altitude experts explain pneumolysis caused by COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 1 million deaths which can be attributed to its severe progressive pulmonary compromise.

21 Dec 2020

First patient enrolled in Phase II clinical trial of stem cell therapy for traumatic injuries

The first patient has enrolled in a Phase II clinical trial evaluating a stem cell therapy for the potential early treatment of traumatic injuries and their subsequent complications at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

21 Dec 2020

A full blood count can better predict the course of COVID-19

International research led by the Radboud university medical center shows that a full blood count of COVID-19 patients predicts fairly accurately whether the infection will have a complicated course or not. This makes it easier for healthcare providers to estimate the expected clinical picture.

21 Dec 2020

Nearly half of US hospitals have reached critical care capacity, study finds

A new study by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brown University shows that about half of US hospitals have reported reaching critical capacity since September, illustrating the scale of the coronavirus pandemic’s ‘second wave’ and the burden of pressure it has placed on the nation’s healthcare.

21 Dec 2020

‘Nine months into it, the adrenaline is gone and it’s just exhausting’

In March, during the first week of the San Francisco Bay Area's first-in-the-nation stay-at-home order, KHN spoke with emergency department physicians working on the front lines of the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

Prior use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors linked to reduced risk of death in older COVID-19 patients with hypertension

A new study, appearing as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, demonstrates the protective effect of drugs in older COVID-19 patients with hypertension.

21 Dec 2020

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

A new study by US-based researchers – at the Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and Columbia University – has found that healthcare workers have experienced significant psychiatric distress during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in serum associated with poor prognosis and high mortality

A new preprint indicates the direct correlation between the presence of detectable viral RNA loads in serum, and clinical severity and death.

21 Dec 2020

Very few COVID-19-positive children require hospitalization, finds case study

A team of researchers at the Divisions of Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh, USA, sought to characterize the clinical presentation of children with COVID-19 in Western Pennsylvania.

18 Dec 2020

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

She lay behind a glass barrier, heavily sedated, kept alive by a machine that blew oxygen into her lungs through a tube taped to her mouth and lodged at the back of her throat. She had deteriorated rapidly since arriving a short time earlier.

18 Dec 2020

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

A team of researchers at King's College London, UK, and other institutions used publicly accessible sources of real-world data, such as online health forums. They found that authors of COVID-19 related posts most frequently mentioned mental health symptom keywords during the first wave, followed by physical symptoms and intensive care keywords.

18 Dec 2020

Experts to share the lessons learnt from COVID-19 first wave

The Physiological Society and the Intensive Care Society have come together to host an exciting three-day virtual conference this week, which will review the challenges of understanding the pathophysiological changes occurring throughout the body following COVID-19 infection.

18 Dec 2020

Project explores how carers recognize and manage health deterioration in people with learning disabilities, autism

A research team at Northumbria University have launched a major project exploring how carers recognise and manage deterioration in the health of people with learning disabilities and autism.

18 Dec 2020

New prognostic tool predicts the need for ICU among COVID-19 patients

Researchers in the UK have developed a prognostic tool that accurately predicts whether patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – will require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), die, or survive without escalation to ICU.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers focus on preventing infections caused by carbapenemase-producing bacteria

In 2017, the World Health Organization published a list of pathogens for which new drugs are urgently needed.

16 Dec 2020

Intensive Care News and Research

Researchers test effects of full doses of anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients

California’s COVID enforcement strategy: Education over citations

Study examines how obesity affected postpartum hemorrhage outcomes at a tertiary care center

Researchers establish BRIDGES program to synergize diagnostic efforts, patient outcome management

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

High altitude experts explain pneumolysis caused by COVID-19

First patient enrolled in Phase II clinical trial of stem cell therapy for traumatic injuries

A full blood count can better predict the course of COVID-19

Nearly half of US hospitals have reached critical care capacity, study finds

‘Nine months into it, the adrenaline is gone and it’s just exhausting’

Prior use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors linked to reduced risk of death in older COVID-19 patients with hypertension

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in serum associated with poor prognosis and high mortality

Very few COVID-19-positive children require hospitalization, finds case study

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

Experts to share the lessons learnt from COVID-19 first wave

Project explores how carers recognize and manage health deterioration in people with learning disabilities, autism

New prognostic tool predicts the need for ICU among COVID-19 patients

Researchers focus on preventing infections caused by carbapenemase-producing bacteria

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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