Bleeding Events Up With Full-Dose Thromboprophylaxis in COVID-19
Almost all hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a bleeding event were receiving mechanical ventilation, full-dose anticoagulation
Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Many Long-Term Symptoms
Findings show physical, mental, and cognitive symptoms one year after ICU stay for COVID-19
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Red Cross Says Blood Shortage Is Worst in a Decade
Organization has had to limit blood product distributions to hospitals
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma No Benefit for Most Patients
No association with clinical outcomes for typical patients; heterogeneity of treatment effect sizes seen across baseline characteristics
Physician Mental Health Has Declined During the Pandemic
Findings show an increase in mental health, substance use-related visits among Canadian physicians
Unvaccinated Have Highest SARS-CoV-2 Incidence, Hospitalization
Unvaccinated persons have higher rates of incidence, hospitalization during periods of delta, omicron predominance
Remdesivir Offers Some Benefit for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
No difference seen for in-hospital mortality, but need for initiation of mechanical ventilation reduced with addition of remdesivir to standard care
More Extremely Preterm Infants Are Surviving to Discharge
Of those born before 27 weeks, 29.3 and 21.2 percent had moderate and severe neurodevelopmental impairment, respectively
Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution No Benefit for Patients in ICU
No reduction seen in risk for death or acute kidney injury with BMES versus saline for critically ill patients in ICU