Most hospitals designated more beds to the intensive care unit; 50 percent designated an ICU for COVID-19 patients
Early Tracheostomy May Be Considered in Severe COVID-19
Findings challenge recommendations to delay or avoid tracheostomy in this patient population
COVID-19 Mortality Rates Dropped Over First Months of Pandemic
Hospital-level risk-standardized event rates worse in association with higher county-level COVID-19 case rates
Care Rationing Being Considered by California Hospitals
California has more than twice as many hospitalized COVID-19 patients as it did at its previous peak in July
Infants With COVID-19 May Present With GI Symptoms
Overall, only 2 percent of infants tested were positive for COVID-19, but one-third required hospitalization
One in Five Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Dies
Statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers tied to lower risk for death
Blacks, Hispanics More Likely to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2
However, once hospitalized, Black patients are less likely than Whites to have severe illness, and to die or be discharged to hospice
Kidney Disease Leading Risk Factor for COVID-19 Hospitalization
COVID-19 patients with end-stage renal disease 11 times more likely to be hospitalized versus patients with no kidney disease
Emergency Departments Saw Decrease in All Non-COVID-19 Diagnoses
Related decreases seen for specialty consultation and urgent inpatient procedures
Admission Hyperglycemia Predicts Mortality in COVID-19
Patients with hyperglycemia had higher cumulative probability of mortality, independent of preexisting diabetes