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As the State of California, and the nation, continue to face a dire blood shortage, there are new calls on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end restrictions on blood donations by gay men. Among those involved in the renewed effort, health experts, LGBTQ organizations, and state leaders.
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Mashup Score: 0Hospitals request more federal help battling rising labor expenses, staffing shortages amid omicron - 2 year(s) ago
The hospital lobby also is renewing its push in requesting the Federal Trade Commission investigate travel-nurse staffing firms for anticompetitive behavior as facilities have seen elevated pay rates throughout the pandemic.
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"Widespread stress & burnout are helping to drive the labor shortage, spurring nurses in particular to quit. In addition, higher wages from travel-staffing agencies are enticing nurses to leave permanent roles for temporary positions." https://t.co/uzSZs7zdaK #CriticalCareUpdate
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Mashup Score: 0Patient Outcomes in The Intensive Care Unit with Mechanically Ventilated Liver Failure - 2 year(s) ago
Mechanically ventilated liver failure patients’ aggressive treatment has been questioned in a study, as they commonly succumb to multiorgan failure. Survivors,…
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"Overall, in-hospital, and post-discharge mortality were all predicted by the MELD score. In one year, patients who were readmitted to the ICU were four times as likely to die." https://t.co/iYWuAiKqVC #CriticalCareUpdate
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Mashup Score: 0Texas’ “maternity deserts” grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units - 2 year(s) ago
Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.
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"Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals still have a labor and delivery unit, leaving whole swaths of the state without access to nearby obstetrics care." https://t.co/9L54flhmdP #CriticalCareUpdate
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The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, adds to evidence that vaccines protect young people against severe complications from covid-19.
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“40% of the patients with a positive coronavirus test result were admitted to the ICU. All but two were unvaccinated. And all but one of those who required life-supporting interventions were unvaccinated.” https://t.co/xfGddC8tKM #CriticalCareUpdate #COVID19
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Mashup Score: 419 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care - 2 year(s) ago
As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states’ health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units.
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"Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than 10%... Nationally, the number of people hospitalized in the US with #COVID19 has reached a record high." https://t.co/mivkUUshSe #CriticalCareUpdate
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Mashup Score: 1Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically - 2 year(s) ago
A groundbreaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab and the department of microbiology and immunology at UBC.
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"Using machine learning, researchers were able to identify sets of genes that predict whether a patient will acquire severe #sepsis, and could make sense of the five distinct ways (subtypes/endotypes) in which sepsis manifests itself." https://t.co/uErwOw6Ng9 #CriticalCareUpdate
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Nine-year-old is making progress but remains in intensive care at HCMC after severe COVID-19.
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"Minnesota's total pediatric #COVID19 hospitalizations have increased 20%, from 865 on Nov. 28 to 1,035 as of Thursday. Those involving children 4 and under increased 36% in that period, from 385 to 525." https://t.co/zf4yhNd8bz #CriticalCareUpdate #PedsICU
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North Memorial’s South Seven ICU shows how the unvaccinated are suffering even as vaccinated COVID-19 cases in Minnesota are increasing.
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"The danger for unvaccinated people has probably never been as high as it is right now with this degree of viral transmission around the state." https://t.co/kvuxhSqBZZ #CriticalCareUpdate
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To assist in allocating resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, artificial intelligence can identify patients likely requiring ICU care.
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"The neural network can predict the need for ICU admission in new #COVID19 cases with more than 95% accuracy. The system identifies key factors that drive predictive analytics, providing supporting evidence for clinicians." https://t.co/azwZ0YRfG4 #CriticalCareUpdate
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"This is a very antiquated rule to say that people who are at risk of HIV can’t give blood. We absolutely know how to screen blood, so I’m hoping that the FDA will listen." https://t.co/Dc7huR1IsU #CriticalCareUpdate