Critical Care News

Among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the United States, male sex, age 60 years and older, obesity, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and living in the Northeast were associated with an increased risk for mechanical ventilation, data show.

Study findings indicated that while most patients on dialysis reported that they wanted CPR performed if their “heart were to stop beating,” these preferences were not always associated with other aspects of end-of-life care.

In pregnant women with severe or critical COVID-19, inhaled nitric oxide therapy was well-tolerated and associated with improved respiratory rates and oxygenation, according to research published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Pregnant and recently pregnant women with COVID-19 are less likely than nonpregnant women of reproductive age to have fever and myalgia but may be more likely to be admitted to the ICU, according to a study published in BMJ.

Using a novel saliva-based rapid cardiac troponin I test to diagnose MI was feasible, according to the results of a preliminary study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

National Nurses United has called on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or OSHA, to inspect 17 hospitals that are owned and operated by HCA Healthcare and issue citations for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards.

Allergy-related ED visits increased 14% in the United States between 2007 and 2015, researchers wrote in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

In a cross-sectional study of patients with acute MI, there were more observed fatalities than expected during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From January to April, there was a 63.5% decline in emergency visits in New York, where the COVID-19 pandemic was most severe in the United States, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital nationwide by U.S. News and World Report, the fifth consecutive year that the hospital in Rochester, Minn., has received the top spot on the publication’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll list.