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New stroke guidelines aim to improve care amid COVID-19

Top stroke experts have issued new guidance to ensure stroke patients receive safe, timely care while preventing the transmission of COVID-19. The guidelines urge the use of telemedicine to speed treatment and advise EMS crews how to determine the best facility to treat the patient’s needs. The recommendations, from the American Heart Association’s Stroke Council, […]

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Face coverings can reduce COVID-19 transmission risk: study

Wearing a face mask or other covering over the mouth and nose reduces the forward distance traveled by an exhaled breath by more than 90 percent, research suggests. A team of engineers from Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian clinicians tested the effectiveness of seven types of face covering—including medical-grade and home-made […]

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Neurologist publishes guidance related to COVID-19 and stroke care

A University of Missouri Health Care neurologist has published more than 40 new recommendations for evaluating and treating stroke patients based on international research examining the link between stroke and novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Neurologist Adnan I. Qureshi, MD, a professor of clinical neurology at the MU School of Medicine, led a team of stroke experts […]

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Small study suggests COVID-19 antibody test shows promise

A test that can detect the presence of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the blood of human patients is described in Nature Medicine. This assay, tested in 16 patients, may help to identify individuals whose plasma contains antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, which could potentially be used to treat other patients. Tests that detect the presence […]

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COVID-19: the Correct treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome improves chances of natural medicine Survive customer naturopathy specialist portal

How should be treated, severe cases of COVID-19? The majority of the severe cases of COVID-19, which require ventilation, seems to be able to by means of a standardized treatment for lung failure are treated. Such a treatment reduces according to a recent study, the mortality rate of people suffering massively. In the current study […]

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New guidelines for treating the sickest COVID-19 patients

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise and the deaths mount, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) has drafted a set of recommendations for health care workers on the front lines, to help them make decisions on how to treat the most critical patients, those with severe lung or heart failure […]