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The Severe COVID-19 Adaptive Risk Predictor, or SCARP, tool showed greater than 80% accuracy in predicting a patient’s progression from moderate to severe COVID-19 disease or death within 14 days of hospitalization, researchers wrote.

Moderna announced that it started a phase 2/3 trial for its messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 months to 12 years.

Pediatric patients with COVID-19 who also developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children had a higher risk for AKI and subsequent adverse outcomes, study results showed.

Many nurses in the United States continue to face significant risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic because they lack support from their employers, according to a recent survey.

The American Heart Association released a set of three scientific statements that outline the nurse’s role in the management of ischemic stroke, with separate statements for hyperacute/emergency care, the ICU and stroke units.

On the 1-year anniversary of WHO declaring a pandemic over COVID-19, the Infectious Diseases Society of America convened a press briefing to discuss reopening schools.

Similar to how emergency departments have teams ready to treat patients after cardiac arrest or stroke, a speaker argued it is equally necessary to have interventional teams for patients who develop rapid kidney failure.

Patients with migraine who were given opioids in the ED were more likely to return to the ED in the next 6 months compared with patients who were not prescribed opioids, according to findings from single-center, retrospective cohort study.

A hospital system in Philadelphia launched a new task force to help patients set up technology for telehealth services and access patient portals.

For hospitalized patients who developed AKI, those who also had COVID-19 experienced faster rates of kidney function decline following discharge, regardless of baseline comorbidities or AKI severity.