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Breath-holding may predict adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients
28 Nov 2022
byStephen Padilla
A higher prediction score in breath-holding is associated with nearly a fivefold increased likelihood of respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients, as well as with greater severity of pulmonary deficits seen in chest imaging, a study has shown.
28 Nov 2022

Careful hand feeding reduces pneumonia risk vs nasogastric tube feeding in advanced dementia patients
28 Nov 2022
byChristina Lau
In advanced dementia patients with feeding problems, careful hand feeding (CHF) is associated with a 40 percent lower risk of pneumonia and similar 1-year survival rate vs nasogastric tube feeding (NGF), a retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong has shown.
28 Nov 2022






