Monthly Archives: April 2020
NEW: Precautions about grocery shopping, food handling and COVID-19
Essential errands like grocery shopping present risks of exposure that can be countered with some basic precautions. Continue reading
UPDATED: Children’s Hospital intubation guidelines for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID infection
Steps include establish a team plan, gather needed supplies, and don PPE. Continue reading
NEW: CELA trains clinicians to intubate COVID patients safely
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is spread by droplets. If a COVID patient is in the hospital and needs to be intubated, it is essential that the process be done properly and safely. Continue reading
NEW: Intubation/extubation COVID guidelines for all areas
Intubate/extubate the patient while wearing N95 with overlying full face shield, gowns, and gloves. Only essential personnel should be in the room and should also wear the same PPE. Continue reading
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and COVID-19: Case-Control Study from the United States
Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study
Although functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), now called disorders of gut–brain interaction, have major economic effects on healthcare systems and adversely affect quality of life, little is known about their global prevalence and distributio… Continue reading
Deep Learning Accurately Predicts Endoscopic and Histologic Remission in Ulcerative Colitis – What the Eye Doesn’t See, the Artificial Mind Does Actually Know
Hedgehog Signaling Demarcates a Niche of Fibrogenic Peribiliary Mesenchymal Cells
In response to tissue injury, stromal cells secrete extracellular matrix (ECM) components that remodel the tissue and lead to fibrosis. Parenchymal stellate cells are the primary contributors to fibrosis in models of hepatocellular and cholestatic inju… Continue reading