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Do COVID-19 patients really die of COVID? A new study helps put to rest conspiracy theory and shows the importance of evidence-based ICU care for ARDS.
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Key advice you should still use, and continue to share, in the new year.
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Thanks to healthcare all-stars, the world enters 2021 optimistically with more clues than ever before about defeating the pandemic.
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New algorithm helps clinicians flag COVID-19 patients who need more care.
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A new study finds pulse oximeters are less likely to give accurate readings in Black patients vs. white patients, with implications for COVID-19 treatment and beyond.
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By studying the roles of an inflammatory protein and antibodies in chronic rejection after lung transplantation, researchers discover possibilities for new treatments.
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A new review summarizes practices that lessen time on a ventilator and reduce deaths.
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A double lung transplant rids one patient of emphysema and gives him a lifetime to breathe.
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Three health specialists provide guidance for caring for COVID at home as well as after a hospitalization.
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Researchers have created an experimental device that, instead of inhibiting inflammatory proteins in COVID-19 patients, changes the phenotype of circulating white blood cells, helping wean two patients off ECMO.
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Survival rates for COVID-19 patients on ECMO life support is similar to that for other ARDS causes, a new study finds.
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With raging wildfires affecting air quality, protecting your lung health is key.
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Infectious diseases expert answer questions about safely returning to school, especially if a child or family member has a preexisting health condition.
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New research in mice suggests that understanding the role of the lung microbiome may be pivotal to reducing infection brought on by oxygen treatment for hypoxemia.
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As more patients are discharged from stressed ICUs, they face multiple problems brought on by the pandemic.