Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 4, 2021 12:49 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 12:58 pm EDT
TORONTO One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.
Of the more than half-million cases of COVID-19 where hospitalization status is known, Canadian data show roughly 7.8 per cent of patients have needed hospital admission. Of those, fewer than one-in-five needed intensive care and an even smaller fraction required mechanical ventilation.
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Firearm injury study and violence prevention, intervention program aim to break cycle for at-risk populations
Firearm injury continues to plague our country, with more people suffering nonfatal firearm-related injuries than firearm deaths. While much research has been done on fatal gun injuries, less is understood about nonfatal firearm injuries and interventions.
But that is about to change, thanks to a recent study from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and a new hospital and community violence prevention and intervention program at MUSC Health, led by Ashley Hink, M.D., assistant professor of surgery in the College of Medicine and an acute care specialist.
COVID-19 vaccines should be given to pregnant or breastfeeding people, argue experts
People who are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive should be offered the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine based on ethical grounds, argue authors of a commentary in
CMAJ (
Canadian Medical Association Journal).
They discuss how health care providers and patients can use a shared decision-making approach to weigh the risks and benefits to decide on the right action for the individual.
Core principles of medical ethics hold that medical decisions or interventions should respect individuals autonomy, be just, be beneficial (beneficence), and not cause harm (nonmaleficence). Excluding individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding from accessing the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine limits autonomy and lacks consideration of individual factors.