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Trending Clinical Topic: Obesity and COVID

Results of a large study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding COVID-19 severity and obesity (see Infographic below), as well as data regarding antibody response to vaccination in patients with obesity, resulted in this week’s top trending clinical topic. A new CDC study of nearly 150,000 […]

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Effect of Helmet Noninvasive Ventilation vs High-Flow Nasal Oxygen on Days Free of Respiratory Support in Patients With COVID-19 and Moderate to Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Key Points Question  Among patients admitted to the intensive care unit with COVID-19–induced moderate to severe hypoxemic respiratory failure, does early continuous treatment with helmet noninvasive ventilation increase the number of days free of respiratory support at 28 days as compared with high-flow nasal oxygen? Findings  In this randomized trial […]

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Reporte COVID-19 26 marzo

El nivel de casos parece estar estable, a pesar de los descensos de fines de semana, en alrededor de 5 mil casos diarios. Dado que México continua solo haciendo pruebas de COVID-19 a través de sitios centinela es imposible saber verdaderamente (aunque es posible estimar) el número de casos diarios. […]

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