Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Acute Trauma Care in the Era of SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 has affected every aspect of medical care. The authors discuss modifications of trauma care to protect both patients and providers.
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FDA Modifies Authorizations for COVID-19 Therapeutics
In the face of the omicron onslaught, certain once-reliable monoclonal antibodies are not as effective.
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Sotrovimab Injection
In vitro neutralization data, artificial intelligence modeling, and anecdotal reports suggest sotrovimab is effective against the omicron variant while the efficacy of other monoclonal antibodies appears to wane.
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SARS-CoV-2 as a North American Zoonosis
COVID-19 has become a North American zoonosis endemic in the Northeastern white-tailed deer population. Whether it causes symptomatic infection is unclear, but most infections likely are subclinical, with viral shedding in nasal secretions and feces. Now that infection has become established in this animal group, it likely will spread easily.
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Effect of COVID-19 on Patient Severity of Illness, Evaluating Hospital Performance
Patients with COVID-19 not only experience a higher mortality rate, but also a longer length of stay than other viral illness patients, even when adjusted for other patient factors such as age and comorbidities. Because of this, it is a challenge to evaluate hospital performance during the pandemic. -
In Addition to Vaccination, Can More Be Done to Prevent Severe COVID-19?
Using data for more than 1.2 million Americans who completed primary vaccination against COVID-19, severe disease outcomes were rare; however, vaccinated persons aged ≥ 65 years with immunosuppression or other underlying conditions were found to be at higher risk.
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Want to Retain and Support Staff? Better Communication from Leadership Helps
Hospital nurses need effective communication from leadership to help them cope with the long COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a recent study. Nurses also need to be part of leadership gatherings, local meetings, and decision-making to share their daily experiences and help find solutions to the unprecedented emergencies created during the past two years. -
Care Transitions Are Trickier Than Ever as Pandemic Wreaks Havoc
The bottleneck of patients many health systems experienced in early winter was created by a perfect storm of these problems: too few employees, too many patients sick with the omicron variant, and too many ambulatory settings also experiencing staffing problems. -
Infection Prevention Tips for Omicron Variant
As omicron swept through the nation, creating chaos at hospitals, the Infectious Diseases Society of America made four major suggestions for how organizations and individuals can prevent infection and serious illness. -
Study Results Reveal How Hospitals Handled COVID-19’s First Wave
Healthcare systems’ responses to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic varied, but most canceled elective procedures to preserve ICU capacity and adapted staffing and physical space to prepare for patient surges, according to the results of a recent study.