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As the country s acute hospital system comes under extreme pressure from rising Covid-19 numbers, the head of the local hospital group fears that the worst has yet to come.
Study outlines steps to prepare patients for elective surgery following COVID-19
Acknowledging that COVID-19 may be here to stay, Oregon Health & Science University has laid out a series of steps to prepare patients for elective surgery following their illness.
The evaluation, outlined in a commentary published in the journal
Perioperative Medicine, is believed to be the first published protocol laying out a COVID-era path forward in American medicine. We think this is groundbreaking, said senior author Avital O Glasser, M.D., associate professor of medicine (hospital medicine) in the OHSU School of Medicine. We are hoping other clinics and surgical centers can use this to keep their patients safe.
Autumn 2019 The scenario is distressing: Your elderly parent is hospitalized and becomes confused, withdrawn, anxious, and not himself.
He may very well have delirium, a sudden change in mental status that is common, serious, and costly and often goes unrecognized. With proper attention, however, many cases of delirium can be prevented. “Delirium comes on acutely. Someone can be OK one day and totally out of it the next day,” says HMS Professor of Medicine Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. An internationally known expert on delirium, she is also the Milton and Shirley F. Levy Family Chair and director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife.