Delirium in Geriatric Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Room
In older adults coming to the emergency department with COVID-19, delirium was common and often presented without other typical symptoms or signs.
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Antifungal Prophylaxis Reduces Mortality in Lung Transplantation
Lung transplant recipients who were given antifungal medications prophylactically to prevent invasive fungal infections had lower rates of mortality.
Methyl-Prednisolone Pulses May Improve COVID-19 Pneumonia Prognosis
Patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia had improved prognosis after receiving a short course of methyl-prednisolone pulses during the second week of disease.
Systemic Complement Activation Associated With Respiratory Failure in COVID-19
Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.
Dexamethasone May Improve Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and moderate to severe ARDS who were treated with dexamethasone experienced more ventilator-free days compared to standard care.
COVID-19 Not Likely to Trigger Asthma Exacerbations in Hospitalized Patients
People with asthma were not overrepresented in patients with severe pneumonia because of SARS-CoV-2 infection who required hospitalization.
Asthma Does Not Appear to Affect COVID-19 Hospitalization Outcomes
Younger patients with asthma who were hospitalized with COVID-19 did not have worse outcomes than patients hospitalized with COVID-19 without asthma.
Assessing Prone and Lateral Positioning in COVID-19 With Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure because of COVID-19 who received CPAP therapy had a high failure rate during prone/lateral positioning tests.
COVID-19 vs H1N1 Influenza: A Clinical Characteristic Comparison
Hospitalized patients withCOVID-19 had higher proportions of nonproductive cough, fatigue, and gastrointestinal symptoms as well as lower severity of illness scores compared with patients with H1N1 influenza.
Infection Risk Factors After Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Biopsy
Cavitation, low density areas, and stenosis of responsible bronchus are risk factors for infectious complications after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy.
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