New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive
Early reports found death rates as high as 90% among COVID-19 patients on ventilators. But some hospitals are now reporting mortality lower than 30%.
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COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home
Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.
As Some Applaud NC Reopening Measures, Health Officials Urge Vigilance
North Carolina enters the first phase of its plan to gradually reopen today.
Hospital ICUs Are Adapting To COVID-19 At 'Light Speed'
With COVID-19 becoming a critical focus in hospital intensive care units, nurses, doctors and other caregivers have had to shift gears to protect staff and save patients.
When A Beloved Life Ends, Virtual Hugs Can't Replace Human Touch
How many more might recover, if they had a loved one by their side while fighting for life? An only son aches for the healing power of human touch in his mother's last days, and at her funeral.
U.S. Hospitals Hit By Financial 'Triple Whammy' During Coronavirus Pandemic
The CEO and president of the American Hospital Association says members are losing billions due to the cost of treating COVID-19, the rise in uninsured and loss of revenue from elective procedures.
Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'
New York and New Jersey want nursing homes to accept recovering hospital patients, regardless of their COVID-19 status, to free up space in hospitals. What's to keep the virus from spreading?
Improvisation And Retraining May Be Key To Saving Patients In New York's ICUs
Pulmonologists in New York hospitals are now supervising doctors from other specialties as they try to keep ICUs staffed, and are deploying equipment in new ways. But COVID-19 is a demoralizing foe.
U.S. Hospitals Surveyed Plea For More Federal Coordination Of Testing And Supplies
An office of the Department of Health and Human Services surveyed 323 U.S. hospitals and found shortages of "intravenous therapy poles, medical gas, linens and food." Many are still scrambling.
Ventilator Shortages Loom As States Ponder Rules For Rationing
Many states are projected to have excessive demand for ventilator machines in the coming weeks, but no state government has formally asked hospitals to prepare for difficult and complex crisis triage.