April 17, 2021

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Inspiratory Muscle Training for Recovered COVID-19 Patients After Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

"To the best of our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on recovered COVID-19 patients after weaning from mechanical ventilation," says Ahmed M. Abodonya, MD and colleagues. "Therefore, this study assessed the efficacy of IMT on recovered COVID-19 patients following mechanical ventilation."

Special Issue - COVID-19 and Pain

Guest Editors: Michael Rowbotham, Lars Arendt-Nielsen

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Global Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke Care and Intravenous Thrombolysis

Primary stroke centers and centers with higher COVID19 inpatient volumes experienced steeper declines. Recovery of stroke hospitalization was noted in the later pandemic months.

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Educating Anesthesiologists During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Beyond

This vision article discusses pre–COVID-19 educational methodologies and best evidence, adaptations required under COVID-19, and evidence for these modifications, and suggests future directions for anesthesiology education.

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Simulation Innovations for Patient and Team Safety in a Pandemic

This update shares some of the strategies that have emerged from the Simulation Education Network in response to COVID-19. The Simulation Education Network is a consortium of 54 simulation programs endorsed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) through a rigorous process developed and managed by the ASA Editorial Board for Simulation-Based Training.

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Submissions Open 
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID19: New Paradigms and Challenges for Anesthesiologists 
 
ANESTHESIOLOGY invites research abstracts and full-length articles related to the theme of its Annual Journal Symposium at ANESTHESIOLOGY®2021.

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COVID-19 Resources for Nurses

Is Surgical Training Prepared for the “Second Wave” of COVID-19? A Collaborative Perspective

Restructuring of surgical services during the ‘first wave’ of COVID-19 pandemic led to significant disruption in surgical learning opportunities for junior surgeons. With a ‘second wave’ now upon the United Kingdom, it is vitally important we ensure junior surgeons are able to achieve appropriate surgical case numbers, complete assessments, and progress to the next stage of training.

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Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children

There are limited pediatric data regarding severe COVID-19 disease. This study describes the epidemiology and identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease in children.

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Bounding the Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests, With Application to COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Tests used to diagnose illness commonly have imperfect accuracy, with some false-positive and negative results. 

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Coping with moral distress during COVID-19

Nurses and other healthcare professionals across the US have experienced and are still experiencing different types of moral anguish during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Complexity Science, Nursing, and COVID-19

Understanding a bewildering crisis like a pandemic as ‘normal’ may be empowering.

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