Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Identifying Community-Acquired Pneumonia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pneumonia is an infection of the alveoli of the lungs. Alveolar infection results in inflammation that disrupts normal pulmonary function, producing impaired gas exchange. Pneumonia can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Pathogens can infect the lung parenchyma through three routes: inhalation, aspiration, or hematogenous spread. In community-acquired pneumonia, the infection is initiated outside the hospital. The prevalence of COVID-19, the clinical disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed the landscape of pneumonia.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Mothers, Newborns
COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy issues have been clouded by misinformation, leading women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant to decline immunization. The accumulating evidence strongly suggests vaccination safeguards pregnant women against severe infection and also confers protective immunity to the newborn baby.
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White House Targets Long COVID with Major Interagency Initiative
The Biden administration has launched a major initiative to better understand and treat long COVID, which manifests as brain fog, fatigue, and a panoply of other lingering symptoms in those with SARS-CoV-2.
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OSHA Finalizing COVID-19 Rule in Healthcare Settings
Under the CDC's current guidance for healthcare workers, many requirements for those workers are triggered based on the level of community transmission of COVID-19. Such an approach would create the flexibility many have been calling for, which have come with the warning that requirements set in regulatory stone could quickly be outdated by the changing nature of the pandemic.
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FDA Struggles to Find Way Forward on COVID-19 Vaccine
Vaccine advisors to the Food and Drug Administration face a tight timeline and a host of unknowns as they try to prepare for an expected winter surge of COVID-19, all the while acknowledging that any plan forward could be dashed by the emergence of a new variant of the pandemic virus.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Recovering from Critical COVID; Oral and Anal Transmission of Syphilis
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Persistent Inflammation and Post-COVID Syndrome
Ongoing inflammation may contribute to long COVID.
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COVID-19 Associated with Significant Increase in Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections
The time period of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in hospital-onset bloodstream infections, mainly in patients with COVID-19.
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Awake Prone Positioning for COVID-19-Related Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
This special feature summarizes the literature associated with awake prone positioning (APP), describes known factors related to successful APP, and highlights current recommendations regarding APP in the setting of COVID-19.
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CDC and CMS Report Alarming Decline in Patient Safety During Pandemic
An analysis by the CDC and CMS indicates important metrics in patient safety reversed during the COVID-19 pandemic.