ED Chest X-Ray Score Predicts COVID-19 Outcomes in Adults <50
FRIDAY, May 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A chest X-ray (CXR) severity score can predict...
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U.S. Offers $1.2 Billion to Drug Company for COVID-19 Vaccine Research
FRIDAY, May 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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Rate of Stroke Low in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The rate of imaging-confirmed stroke is low in...
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One-Year Mortality High Following ED Visit for Overdose
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Emergency department patients with nonfatal opioid...
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CDC Says Test All Newborns of Mothers With Confirmed, Suspected COVID-19
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — All babies born to women with confirmed or...
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CDC: Live Poultry Linked to Salmonella Cases in 28 States
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Live poultry, such as chicks and ducklings, in...
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Factors Linked to COVID-19 In-Hospital Mortality ID’d in NYC
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Factors associated with in-hospital mortality...
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Asthma Tied to Longer COVID-19 Intubation Time
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Among COVID-19 patients who develop severe...
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Clinical Performance of SARS-COV-2 Antibody Tests Varies
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The diagnostic specificity of severe acute...
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Deaths From Alcohol, Drugs, Suicide Topped 150,000 in 2018
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In 2018, opioid overdose deaths declined, but...
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Some Children With COVID-19 Require Admission, PICU Care
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Some children with COVID-19 require admission and...
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Review Highlights Neuropsychiatric Presentations of COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 may cause delirium in some patients,...
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Odds of Pulmonary Embolism Up for Obese COVID-19 Patients
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with COVID-19 with a body mass index...
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Age, CRP Up Risk for Mortality in Diabetes With COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with diabetes and COVID-19, risk...
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15 Percent of Pregnant Women With COVID-19 Experience Severe Disease
TUESDAY, May 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Fifteen percent of pregnant women with COVID-19...
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Developing ICU Recovery Centers
Data indicate that more than 6 million people will become critically ill each year, and of these...
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Dramatic Uptick in Pediatric Mental Health ED Visits
Children presenting for deliberate self-harm tripled over 10-year study period Kids with mental...
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Most Patients with Opioid Addiction Not Getting Life-Saving Tx
ED physicians not prepared to prescribe buprenorphine While treating patients who have opioid use...
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How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Opioid Crisis
When it comes to rates of infection and addiction, both the coronavirus pandemic and the opioid...
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Treatment with Blood Thinners Improves Survival in Sickest Covid-19 Patients
Hospitalized patients were treated with therapeutic doses of systemic anticoagulants The use of...
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