Tag: COVID symptoms

Study: COVID infection negatively impacts surgical outcomes

Symptomatic SARS-COV-2 patients undergoing surgical procedures experience significantly higher 30-day in-hospital mortality, ICU admission, longer ICU and hospital stay, and pulmonary complications, according to a study published August 1 in the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Researchers analyzed a year’s worth of records of 102 infected surgical patients and those who…

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By: Matt Danford
August 7, 2024
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Study: Cognitive impairment prevalent in patients suffering from long COVID

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Editor's Note A study published by JAMA Network on February 14 reveals cognitive symptoms to be common among individuals suffering from post-COVID-19 condition, also known as long COVID. Conducted by Abhishek Jaywant, PhD, and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, the research focused on the prevalence of…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
February 16, 2024
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New COVID-19 surge led by JN.1 variant raises alarm amid 'tripledemic,' recent CDC data

Editor's Note Many people have reportedly been experiencing cold-like symptoms this winter, which have often been attributed to “some bug”; however, there’s a strong chance these symptoms were due to a new surge of COVID-19, Wired January 10 reports. There’s a new, large global surge in daily COVID-19 infections currently…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
January 11, 2024
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Patient symptoms, disabilities, financial problems at 6 months after COVID-19 hospitalization

Editor's Note This study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, finds that cardiopulmonary, financial, and functional problems were highly prevalent in patients at 6 months after COVID-19 hospitalization.  This analysis includes a national US cohort of 825 adults discharged from 44 hospitals after COVID-19…

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By: Judy Mathias
February 17, 2023
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COVID-19 symptoms 2 years after infection in hospitalized vs nonhospitalized patients

Editor's Note This study from Spain finds that 59.7% of hospitalized and 67.5% of nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients had at least one symptom 2 years after infection. Of 360 hospitalized and 308 nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients analyzed, fatigue (161 vs 147), pain (129 vs 92), and memory loss (72 vs 49) were…

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By: Judy Mathias
November 15, 2022
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