COVID-19

Young adults with kidney failure are likely to experience an increased risk for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues as they age, according to a letter to the editor published in Kidney Medicine.

ICU COVID-19 survivors showed improvement in disability, frailty and cognitive impairment 1 year after discharge, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Following the publication of trial data, corticosteroid administration for patients with severe COVID-19 surged in hospitals, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend the approval of sulbactam-durlobactam for adults with bacterial pneumonia after reviewing data from a two-part phase 3 trial that compared its safety and efficacy with colistin.

On May 23, 2022, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory on health worker burnout and wellbeing, declaring the situation a “crisis,” and addressing it a “top national priority.”

Higher dose corticosteroids heightened the risk for mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who need oxygen therapy compared with usual care/low dose corticosteroids, according to study results published in The Lancet.

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 increased the risk for long-term gastrointestinal problems within 1 year, including motility disorders, acute pancreatitis and liver disease, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Veterans with feelings of loneliness and lower life purpose that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic had greater odds of developing new suicidal thoughts or behaviors during the pandemic, data published in JAMA Psychiatry showed.

Sleep disturbance was common among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and was associated with symptoms of long COVID, including breathlessness and reduced lung function, a study found.

In this Healio Video Perspective, Ella Faktorovich, MD, discusses employing a protocol of pH-balanced frozen proparacaine to prevent epithelial loosening among patients undergoing refractive surgery.