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COVID-19: Duration of Shedding of Transmissible Virus
Patients with COVID-19 were found, by culture, to shed replication-competent virus after an initial positive polymerase chain reaction test for median durations four to five days.
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No Long-Term Differences in Outcomes with Higher vs. Lower Oxygenation Targets in Patients with Severe Hypoxemia
In this one-year follow-up to the HOT-ICU trial examining higher vs. lower oxygenation targets for patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure, there were no differences in mortality or quality of life measurements between groups.
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Is There a Role for Aspirin for the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
Based on this randomized, placebo-controlled Phase II trial, further research still is required to determine if aspirin therapy is beneficial for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, since aspirin did not improve oxygenation index or other respiratory physiologic markers.
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Optimal Blood Pressure Targets in Different Shock States
This review will discuss the different shock states and the suggested BP targets for the different subsets of patients.
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Answering Patient Questions About COVID-19
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine formed an educational task force to educate clinicians and answer community members’ questions about all things COVID-19. Easily referenced resources on COVID-19 are essential for healthcare professionals in speaking with patients. Easy-to-navigate, dependable, up-to-date sources of information help serve patients requiring specific and timely answers to questions. Having a “go-to” list of resources can reduce confusion about COVID-19, making vaccination updates and other conversations more productive.
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Wearable Tech in Clinical Research Trials
Researchers are partnering with companies to facilitate clinical research trials that call for patients to use wearable tech, which raises multiple ethical concerns.
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Ethics Plays Important Role in Response to Abortion Ruling
As healthcare professionals process the clinical, legal, and even personal implications of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow states to restrict abortion access or ban it entirely, ethicists play an important role.
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Telehealth Expands Contraceptive Access, but Some Youth Just Want Face-to-Face Care
A research review involving telemedicine-delivered contraceptive health services to female adolescents and young adults revealed that youth find these acceptable, but some reported a preference for in-person care.
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Mobile Health Technology’s Effects on Contraceptive Use Remain Unproven
Mobile health (mHealth) technology and interventions have been proven to affect behavior change in the areas of obesity and smoking, but their effect on contraception behavior remains unproven, according to recent research. Using mHealth in reproductive healthcare has helped increase patients’ knowledge of contraception methods, but there was no conclusive research on whether the interventions could change behavior.
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Health Coaching Can Encourage Contraceptive Continuation
If the goal is to promote contraceptive continuation, health coaching tactics could be the answer, according to a recent study. Other behavior change tactics include motivational interviewing and healthcare navigation interventions, which are designed to activate an individual’s intrinsic desire to make a behavior change.