Ventilators available with the flip of a switch

Responding to a looming global shortage of ventilators, a team from Oregon Health & Science University has come up a low-cost version that can be widely produced with 3-D printing technology. Albert Chi, M.D., M.S.E., an OHSU trauma surgeon who previously pioneered 3-D-printed prosthetics for children, is leading the effort. As COVID-19 spread inexorably across the globe, health care workers […]

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The reason you’re so tired after Zoom calls

This is what our diaries might look like at the moment: one or two (three?) work-related video conferencing calls, followed by an online learning session for the offspring (if you have one, that is). And whose idea was it again to have a Zoom happy hour/Facebook watch/Netflix party? In the age of social distancing, this was meant to be the […]

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COVID-19-linked changes reported in rheumatic disease patient care

(HealthDay)—Changes to health care have been reported among patients with rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April 20 in ACR: Open Rheumatology. Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and colleagues examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with rheumatic diseases. Participants were surveyed on March 25, […]

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Achievement requires passion and grit

To achieve your goals you need passion, grit and a positive mindset—or expressed another way, the belief that you’ll succeed if you just keep at it. But what’s the connection between these factors, and what’s the most important one? That, it turns out, depends on who you are. A recent study has investigated the links between this particular combination of […]

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Vortex to Corona-drug – hope comes from Munich

The Coronavirus pandemic, the world will continue to be in respiratory: Significantly more than two million people worldwide are already infected with the Virus 150.012 of them in Germany. All the News about the Coronavirus-crisis you will find in the Ticker from FOCUS Online. Early trial data for the treatment of lung disease Covid-19 with the drug Remdesivir have caused […]

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Simple ‘do it yourself’ circuit to ventilate two patients at once is technically feasible

A simple ‘do it yourself’ breathing circuit, using accessories that are readily available in intensive care, can be used to ventilate two critically ill patients at once, should clinicians be faced with equipment shortages, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax. But although technically feasible, it isn’t clear if the pros of split ventilation outweigh the cons, and the […]

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