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Difficulty breathing and COPD key predictors for severe COVID-19

03/20/2020

Shortness of breath (dyspnoea) is the only symptom of COVID-19 significantly associated with severe cases of the disease and admission to intensive care units (ICU), according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis led by UCL. The findings, published in MedRxiv as a pre-print prior to peer-review, also showed that underlying health conditions do not all present the same risk […]

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Predictors ID’d for successful removal of mechanical ventilation

03/07/2019

(HealthDay)—Mechanically ventilated patients who pass a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) and are extubated reach a higher level of wakefulness, indicated by a higher odds ratio product (ORP), according to a study published online March 1 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Martin Dres, M.D., from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and colleagues recorded electroencephalogram 15 hours […]

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AHA: Age, Race Are Leading Predictors of Heart Attacks in Pregnant Women

11/09/2018

THURSDAY, Nov. 8, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Heart attacks in pregnant women are rare, but the number is rising, particularly among older expectant mothers, according to a new study that looked at the most common factors behind the increase. The number of women who had heart attacks during or after pregnancy rose 19 percent from 2005 to 2014, the […]

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