These factors predict residents’ emergency care outcomes, palliative experts find
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2021
A study that followed residents through all stages of emergency department transfers and care has found that certain comorbidities and levels of stress can predict subsequent recovery from symptoms.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 23
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2021
Scientists urge recognition of COVID’s potential link to hearing loss … Civitas Senior Living joins providers mandating employee COVID vaccination … States open visitation: Essential caregivers training...
COVID cases rise in 15 states; variant fuels outbreak in Kentucky nursing home
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
The average U.S. case rate is falling, but almost a third of states have seen an increase, and one Kentucky facility’s outbreak shows how new COVID-19 variants and vaccination play a role in continued...
Half of hospitalized COVID survivors have symptoms 4 months later, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
Discharged patients who underwent a comprehensive physical exam at 4 months had fatigue, loss of physical function, sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment, investigators report.
Ten-year stroke mortality higher among Black Medicare recipients
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
A notable disparity in long-term death rates after ischemic stroke suggests that clinicians may need to take a closer look at the post-stroke recovery period — especially during the first year, researchers...
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 22
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
LTC staff more accepting of vaccination, study shows … FDA approves J&J’s multiple sclerosis treatment … Gout management urgently needed during pandemic, rheumatologists say … CDC posts COVID...
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 19
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
New HHS Secretary Becerra considered ‘friend of long-term care causes’ … U.K. nursing home staff passed B117 COVID variants to residents in early winter, study finds … 1 in 3 older thyroid disease...
Rare COVID reinfections more common in adults age 65 years and up: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
Seniors are more likely to contract COVID-19 again — with only 47% protection against repeat infection, compared with 80% for younger people, according to a new, large-scale study from Denmark.
Feds halt an Eli Lilly antibody therapy in 3 states due to variant fears, while boosting the treatment...
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
A COVID-19 variant circulating widely in California, Arizona and Nevada has rendered bamlanivimab alone ineffective, an FDA official reports. But Lilly says an approved alternative treatment “maintains...
Anticipating B117 surge, experts urge continued focus on elders, deferred 2nd vaccine doses
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Infectious disease and vaccine experts have laid out a plan for thwarting yet another uptick in transmission and illness. A new surge is likely by the end of April, they say in a CIDRAP report.