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What The Study Did: A clinical risk assessment tool developed in China was tested with a group of patients in Spain to evaluate its ability to predict critical illness among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Europe.
Authors: Oscar Moreno-Perez, M.D., Ph.D., of the Alicante General University Hospital-Alicante Institute of Sanitary and Biomedical Research in Alicante, Spain, is the corresponding author.
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This observational study examined death and hospital readmission rates of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia after being discharged to home or quarantine housing with supplemental home oxygen.
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IMAGE: A mouse brain section highlighting the hippocampus is overlaid with the molecular structures of the anesthetics isoflurane (purple), medetomidine/midazolam/fentanyl (orange), and ketamine/xylazine (red). The four panels in the lower part. view more
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Memory loss is common after general anesthesia, particularly for events occurring immediately before surgery a phenomenon called retrograde amnesia. But a new study publishing on April 1st 2021 in the open access journal
PLOS Biology, led by Simon Wiegert at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany, shows that changes in the hippocampus the part of the brain used to make new memories differ depending on which general anesthetic is used. Consequently, their effects on memory formation also differ.
A Scientific E-Poster to be presented at the 2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting found the COVID-19 Safer at Home order resulted in a significant decline in radiology ordering utilization, outpatient consultations, and emergency department (ED) visits.
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A new study involving UCLA researchers finds that mobile stroke units (MSUs) - state-of-the-art ambulances built to provide stroke patients with emergency neurological diagnosis and treatment prior to hospital arrival improve patient outcomes and lessen the chance for disability by delivering care faster than standard stroke care.
The UCLA Mobile Stroke Unit serves as a shared regional resource of LA County EMS Provider Agencies, taking patients to 15 different stroke center hospitals within 3 regions in Los Angeles County. The MSU carries a CT scanner that can directly image the brain and blood vessels in the field. UCLA was one of seven national mobile stroke unit programs to participate in the clinical trial, which was presented March 17 at the International Stroke Conference.