COVID-19

ORLANDO, Fla. — A critical care nurse who served in a New York City ICU recounted how a commitment to lifelong learning helped her develop a treatment protocol that saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes progressed more quickly to type 1 diabetes after having COVID-19, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with more than 50,000 lost electrophysiology procedures totaling more than $7 billion in revenue in 2020, researchers reported in HeartRhythm.

Hundreds of private equity acquisitions of cardiology clinics occurred in the later years of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the wealthiest of U.S. communities, researchers reported.

Results showed COVID-19 diagnosis prior to total shoulder arthroplasty was associated with increased risk of sepsis, ED visits, readmissions, periprosthetic fractures, wound infections, thrombosis and revisions at 60 days postoperatively.

Infants born to mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 during the omicron wave had decreased risks for preterm birth and adverse neonatal outcomes, according to results of the INTERCOVID-2022 study.

SAN FRANCISCO — COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was associated with increased risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, but not with placental pathology, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

COVID-19 vaccination decreased the risk for CV events, hospitalization and death among patients with HF, according to a poster presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure 2024 meeting.