Nursing

Significant improvements in BP control and increased home BP monitoring occurred during the pandemic versus prepandemic period

Average number of weekly emergency department visits was 36, 37, and 20 percent higher in 2020, 2021, 2022 than in 2019

While COVID-19 drove this excess in 2021, nearly half of excess deaths were from other causes

Generators and heating systems were the leading causes of these deaths in 2019, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Instead, COVID-19 vaccines should go to high-risk people, according to the agency's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization

Likelihood of being screened for access higher for those with children younger than 17 years, those who have received mental health treatment

In total knee arthroplasties, decrease in procedure time, room time seen with presence of preferred anesthesiologist or surgical technician

Placement at two to four weeks postpartum noninferior to six to eight weeks postpartum for complete expulsion

Reductions in COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents at skilled nursing facilities mainly seen before vaccine availability

Though 295 drugs were in shortage last year, the latest number is 130; about 15 critical drug products have been scarce for a decade