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Study focuses on COVID-19 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly five million cases and over 327,000 deaths worldwide. The signs and symptoms of this disease are varied, although there are typical features which assist diagnosis.

20 May 2020

Doctoral candidate receives NIH fellowship to study how adenovirus affects heart function

A dose of adenovirus hits most people like a common cold - a cough, a fever, maybe a sore throat. But for an unfortunate few, the usually benign bug hacks the heart's cellular electrical communication system and sometimes proves fatal.

20 May 2020

Report describes clinical characteristics and outcomes of children hospitalized with COVID-19

While most children infected with the novel coronavirus have mild symptoms, a subset requires hospitalization and a small number require intensive care.

20 May 2020

Study highlights need to focus on medications that address clot formation

Earlier this week, the BBC reported that one-third of COVID-19 patients developed dangerous blood clots.

19 May 2020

ECMO machine can be useful for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients

When COVID-19 patients are critically ill, the biggest threat to their lives is lung dysfunction. If their lungs don't work, their blood can't circulate enough oxygen to the brain, the liver and other organs.

18 May 2020

COVID-19 may lead to thrombosis in the lungs and subsequently multi organ failure

COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, not only may lead to severe pneumonia but also to thrombosis in the lungs and, subsequently, to multi organ failure involving kidneys, liver and pancreas.

18 May 2020

Collective isolation is the most viable strategy for minimizing COVID-19 in indigenous populations

A team of anthropologists, physicians, tribal leaders and local government authorities developed and implemented a multi-phase COVID-19 prevention and containment plan among the Tsimane, an indigenous group of forager-horticulturists in the Bolivian Amazon.

15 May 2020

Study: Most uncommon infections and major vascular events are likely to be misdiagnosed

New research provides estimates of diagnostic error and serious misdiagnosis-related harm rates for each of the five most frequently misdiagnosed major vascular events, infections, and cancers in the U.S.

15 May 2020

Researchers investigate the troubling trend of heart injury in COVID-19 patients

Researchers are finding about half of all patients with COVID-19 admitted to an intensive care unit have heart damage.

15 May 2020

Low albumin levels could predict poor outcome in COVID-19

A Spanish study has revealed that COVID-19 patients who have a low level of albumin have a poorer outcome compared to those with normal levels of blood albumin. The study titled, “Low albumin levels are associated with poorer outcomes in a case series of COVID-19 patients in Spain: a retrospective cohort study,” was released prior to peer-review on the open-access preprint server site Medrxiv*.

13 May 2020

Interactive VR blood flow simulation tool to improve cardiovascular care

Biomedical engineers at Duke University are developing a massive fluid dynamics simulator that can model blood flow through the full human arterial system at subcellular resolution.

13 May 2020

Placentas of pregnant women with COVID-19 showed abnormalities

A study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, Chicago, has found that the placentas of pregnant women who were infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) showed abnormalities, compared with those of uninfected women.

13 May 2020

Study provides further insights into the relationship between smoking and COVID-19

A Canadian study available on the preprint server medRxiv* shows that current smokers are slightly more likely than never smokers to test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but cautions about the possibility of reverse causality where smokers actually quit to avoid the disease.

12 May 2020

Vascular News and Research

Study focuses on COVID-19 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Doctoral candidate receives NIH fellowship to study how adenovirus affects heart function

Report describes clinical characteristics and outcomes of children hospitalized with COVID-19

Study highlights need to focus on medications that address clot formation

ECMO machine can be useful for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 may lead to thrombosis in the lungs and subsequently multi organ failure

Collective isolation is the most viable strategy for minimizing COVID-19 in indigenous populations

Study: Most uncommon infections and major vascular events are likely to be misdiagnosed

Researchers investigate the troubling trend of heart injury in COVID-19 patients

Low albumin levels could predict poor outcome in COVID-19

Interactive VR blood flow simulation tool to improve cardiovascular care

Placentas of pregnant women with COVID-19 showed abnormalities

Study provides further insights into the relationship between smoking and COVID-19

Soft robotic exosuit improves biomechanical gait functions in stroke patients

Novel approach could lead to more targeted search for new medicinal plants

Study finds bowel abnormalities in patients with COVID-19

Link found between blood vessel inflammation and abnormalities in mitochondrial fission

Researchers discover molecular mechanism that helps HSV1 infect the brain

New guidelines to keep stroke patients and health-care providers safe from COVID-19

New guidelines needed to manage stroke patients during COVID-19, says neurologist

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (2nd Edition) eBook

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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