Screening all patients before surgery improves patient safety as half of patients who test positive for COVID-19 have no symptoms
At a time when many states in India are busy barring laboratories from testing for COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients, this...
A high incidence of stroke seen in younger patients who were otherwise healthy linked to COVID-19 infection
Young patients with no risk factors for stroke may have an increased risk if they have contracted COVID-19. Many of these healthy young...
A widely available and inexpensive anti-acidity drug reduced COVID-19 symptoms within 1-2 days in mild to moderate disease
A widely available and inexpensive anti-acidity drug that is used to ease the symptoms of indigestion may control COVID-19 symptoms in those...
Patients with COVID-19 infection with a BMI of 30 or higher are nearly three times more at risk for developing a pulmonary embolism
In a new study published in the journal Radiology, researchers found that every fifth COVID-19 patient who...
Patients undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at increased risk of postoperative complications, revealed a new global study
Researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 infected patients who undergo surgery experience substantially worse postoperative outcomes than would be expected for similar patients who...
Loss of smell (anosmia) and altered taste (dysgeusia) could provide clue for diagnosing COVID-19
Nearly half of individuals who contract COVID-19 experience changes in their sense of taste and smell, found two new research.
In a review published in the journal...
Remdesivir along with a powerful anti-inflammatory agent could be the key to treating the most severe COVID-19 cases
After the early promising results from the first stage of the Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-1) in the treatment of critical COVID-19...
Day of testing plays a vital role in accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 as an early test amplify chances of being false negative
The most commonly used diagnostic tool for diagnosis of COVID-19 is reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test, commonly...
Widespread blood clotting and new vessel growth differentiates lungs of Covid-19 from Influenza A (H1N1)
In a new study, senior author Steven J. Mentzer, MD, thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a team of international researchers examined seven...
The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in humans
This trial in 108 healthy adults published in The Lancet demonstrated encouraging...
