What really killed COVID patients? It wasn't cytokine storm but secondary bacterial infection: Study
1 year, 7 months ago

What really killed COVID patients? It wasn't cytokine storm but secondary bacterial infection: Study

India TV News  

Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study. "Our study highlights the importance of preventing, looking for and aggressively treating secondary bacterial pneumonia in critically ill patients with severe pneumonia, including those with Covid-19," said senior author Dr. Benjamin Singer, Associate Professor of medicine at the university's Feinberg School of Medicine. Our data suggested that the mortality related to the virus itself is relatively low, but other things that happen during the ICU stay, like secondary bacterial pneumonia, offset that," Singer said. "The application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to clinical data can be used to develop better ways to treat diseases like Covid-19 and to assist ICU physicians managing these patients," said Dr. Catherine Gao, an instructor in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Feinberg and a Northwestern Medicine physician.

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Covid19 triggers massive inflammation? Here's what the experts have to say
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid19 triggers massive inflammation? Here's what the experts have to say

India TV News  

US researchers have identified the reason why Covid-19 causes severe inflammation in some people, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ damage. They found that SARS-CoV-2 can infect monocytes - immune cells in the blood that act as "sentinels" or early responders to infection - as well as macrophages, similar immune cells in the lungs. "In the infected patients, about …

Understanding Cytokine Storm and its possible role in Covid-19 deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Understanding Cytokine Storm and its possible role in Covid-19 deaths

Op India  

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is much stronger compared to the first wave. Cytokine Storm can make immune system patient’s biggest enemy A study done by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc., claimed that Cytokine storm appears to play a direct role in determining the severity of SARS-CoV-2. The deaths of Covid-19 patients due to multiple organ failure are believed to …

Over 10,200 more coronavirus positive tests pushes week total past 63,100
4 years, 1 month ago

Over 10,200 more coronavirus positive tests pushes week total past 63,100

NL Times  

Data from public health agency RIVM released on Sunday showed that another 10,211 people tested positive for an invention of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Nearly 300 Covid-19 deaths reported this week; Hospital total rises but ICU total falls The RIVM also reported that Covid-19 was the cause of 27 more deaths. There were at least 191 new Covid-19 hospital admissions from …

Symptoms, recovery, aftermath: What we don’t know about COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Symptoms, recovery, aftermath: What we don’t know about COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

Months since the pandemic began, how much more do we know about how the coronavirus affects the human body? COVID-19’s effect: The body can ‘malfunction’ If a patient has a mild illness, they usually experience symptoms such as a fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue and, in some cases, loss of smell or taste. It is likely that these patients are …

Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19

NPR  

Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19 Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images If you think all the coronavirus news is bad, consider the uplifting story of Don Ramsayer. "We have very much replicated what's been seen worldwide, which is over time the mortality in ICUs have …

New study questions cytokine storm theory of Covid-19 fatality
4 years, 3 months ago

New study questions cytokine storm theory of Covid-19 fatality

India Today  

Cytokine storm has been blamed for a large number of Covid-19 deaths. When some kind of agreement emerged among doctors and researchers over autoimmune responses such as cytokine storm, it was suggested that anti-cytokine treatments -- the ones that suppress the body's immune response -- could be beneficial in the treatment of severe cases of Covid-19. The study found significantly …

Seriously ill Covid patients showing major improvement after experimental treatment
4 years, 5 months ago

Seriously ill Covid patients showing major improvement after experimental treatment

NL Times  

Seriously ill Covid-19 patients can greatly benefit from treatment with corticosteroids, possibly in combination with a medicine that slows the functioning of the immune system, according to researchers from the Zuyderland Medical Center in Geleen and Heerlen. In their hospital, this experimental treatment reduced mortality in this patient group by as much as 65 percent, NOS reports. The doctors at …

Survival rate of COVID-19 ICU patients has improved since start of pandemic: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Survival rate of COVID-19 ICU patients has improved since start of pandemic: Study

Firstpost  

The death rate for COVID-19 intensive care patients has dropped by about one-third since the start of the pandemic, due at least in part to better hospital care, a review of published studies found. The research, led by Professor Tim Cook of England’s Royal United Hospitals Bath, found the overall mortality rate of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units has …

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