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    Dexamethasone use tied to lower mortality odds in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with mechanical ventilation: JAMA

    USA: A recent study published in JAMA Network Open supports the continued dexamethasone use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The national multicenter cohort study involving inpatients with COVID-19 revealed that early dexamethasone administration was linked with improved mortality or discharge to hospice in those needing supplemental oxygen or mechanical ventilation (MV) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation but […] More

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    Cardiac arrest risk during hospitalized delivery highest among females with DIC

    Cardiac arrest risk during hospitalized delivery highest among females with DIC

    1 in 9000 hospital deliveries had cardiac arrest, however almost 7 out of 10 of the mothers were able to leave the hospital, says an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine.  Estimates of cardiac arrest during birth inform the development of evidence-based prevention measures for fatalities associated with pregnancy. Nicole Ford and colleagues carried […] More