COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

7 COVID vaccine complications: The radiologist's role in identifying adverse reactions
Although serious adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines are rare, some are life-threatening. It is important that radiologists are aware of how these complications present.
AHA issues a scientific statement on COVID-19 cardiac arrhythmias
The objective of the AHA scientific statement is to review the available evidence on for better management of cardiac arrhythmias from COVID causes that are still encountered on a regular basis.
History of COVID-19 doubles long-term risk of heart attack, stroke or death
A patient's blood type appears to play a major role in their odds of developing cardiovascular issues after COVID-19, researchers found.
Ultra-high field MRI implicates long COVID in brainstem damage
Researchers have used 7T MRI to demonstrate that former COVID-19 inpatients are susceptible to persistent brainstem abnormalities associated with long-haul COVID symptoms.
Monitoring acute heart patients at home linked to considerable cost savings
The new report could go on to help guide decisions made by CMS and hospital leadership teams for years to come.

Rare COVID-19 pneumonia complication makes patient management ‘extremely challenging,’ radiologists warn

NHS physicians recently explored this emerging concern, highlighting the case of a 54-year-old man who died just two hours after presenting at the ED.

October 6, 2020

How flu vaccines may help limit COVID-19 among CVD patients

Ongoing studies related to seasonal influenza are suddenly getting more attention than before.

October 6, 2020

National Academies emphasize equity in recommendations for COVID vaccine allocation

Demand is sure to outstrip supply when a safe and effective COVID vaccine initially enters mass production. First in line to receive the inoculation should be the 5% slice of the population doing essential work to help fight the pandemic.

October 2, 2020

RapidAI approved for CMS add-on payment; algorithm pinpoints COVID-19, plus more vendor news

Also, ASNC launches new imaging app, Siemens partners with WakeMed, and Dyad Medical balloons its fundraising total.

October 1, 2020

AI links COVID-19 to poor sleep, bad dreams

The COVID-19 pandemic is a bad dream in the truest sense of the word—and AI helps to prove it, a team of researchers assert in a study published online Oct. 1 in Frontiers in Psychology.

October 1, 2020

2 new strategies for identifying COVID-19 patients at a higher risk of severe illness or death

The teams behind two new studies explored very different ways to predict severe illness or death among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

October 1, 2020

Radiologic technologists among 200 healthcare workers prepared to strike over COVID contract concerns

Union members remain divided with Allina Health management on language providing safety protections and pay benefits related to potential virus exposure.

September 29, 2020

Outcomes are grim when COVID-19 patients receive CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest

Researchers explored data from more than 1,300 COVID-19 patients, sharing their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine.

September 29, 2020

COVID-19

7 COVID vaccine complications: The radiologist's role in identifying adverse reactions

AHA issues a scientific statement on COVID-19 cardiac arrhythmias

History of COVID-19 doubles long-term risk of heart attack, stroke or death

Ultra-high field MRI implicates long COVID in brainstem damage

Monitoring acute heart patients at home linked to considerable cost savings