TORONTO (Reuters) – Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number of coronavirus infections sets records and patients are packed into hospitals still stretched…
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France Sees Biggest Jump in COVID-19 Intensive Care Patients in Months
PARIS (Reuters) – France reported on Friday that 5,254 people were in intensive care units with COVID-19, an increase of 145 people in one day and the highest daily increase in five months. The risk of emergency wards being unable…
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Data shows strain on ICU capacity leads to more deaths during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems across the country, especially intensive care units. New research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine shows that people treated in the ICU for COVID-19…
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Heartsick: When Loved One Is in ICU, Spouse’s Health Risks Rise
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 — If your husband or wife is hospitalized in intensive care, you’re more likely to have a heart attack or other serious heart problem in the next few weeks, a new study warns. “Spouses of ICU…
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What happens when the ICU is full?
COVID-19 outbreaks are often followed by headlines saying that intensive care units (ICUs) have hit capacity. But what does it really mean for an ICU to be full? In normal times, ICUs typically run at roughly 70% to 80% capacity,…
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Building surge ICU capacity during COVID-19
To prepare for current and future waves of COVID-19, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center asked teams from across the country to compete to build a telehealth prototype that would provide adequate ICU capacity when cases surge….
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The calm before the Corona storm: Why are so many hospitals still empty – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal
Empty hospitals, in spite of a pandemic – how do they fit together? Currently be shown in the social media, often Videos in which people in hospitals around and wonder why so little operating there, even though we are in…
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