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Sharply Divided (and Evolving) Views on Vaccine Refusers
As the world anxiously awaits a vaccine for COVID-19, an ethical debate rages over whether people should be allowed to refuse it.
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CDC’s COVID-19 Guidelines on Going Out and Gathering Have Cautions and Caveats
Trying to strike a balance epidemiologically, and perhaps politically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines for people wanting to leave home and attend gatherings as COVID-19 cases generally have plateaued nationally.
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Massive Switch to Telehealth Is ‘Unparalleled Opportunity’ to Examine Ethics
The sudden and explosive growth of telehealth during COVID-19 demanded sorting out all kinds of logistics, reimbursement, and scheduling processes in short order. The frantic time frames to set it up did not exactly allow for careful ethical reflection.
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A Nurse’s Story: Hospitalized with COVID-19
A highly experienced nurse knew to remain calm and turn her healing power inward as she fought COVID-19 in patient isolation for six long days in a hospital.
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Mysterious Syndrome Strikes Children with COVID-19
Although the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been relatively benign in children compared to adults, there is growing concern about an emerging syndrome that causes severe, sometimes fatal, outcomes in pediatric patients.
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IPs Face Threat of COVID-19, Flu Season Convergence
Infection preventionists are preparing for an unknown but widely predicted possibility this fall and winter: a large second wave of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) hitting hospitals amid the 2020-2021 influenza season.
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ED Administrators, Advocacy Orgs Search for Missing Patients
Recent steep declines in U.S. emergency department visits, attributed to fears about contracting COVID-19, alarm the healthcare industry.
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Preventing Post-Extubation Respiratory Failure: Can We Decrease Risk in our High-Risk Populations?
A multicenter, randomized clinical trial of 641 adults deemed ready for weaning after at least 24 hours of mechanical ventilation revealed that the use of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) with noninvasive ventilation immediately after extubation significantly decreased the risk of reintubation compared to HFNO alone in mechanically ventilated patients who were at high risk of extubation failure.
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in Adult Acute Care
A relatively new modality, high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy is used commonly to treat acute respiratory failure.