Tag: COVID-19
Jon Boyle
Following his 2021–2022 presidency of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI), Jon Boyle (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK) speaks...
CX 2022 highlights new data in the vascular world
Anticipation is building for the Charing Cross International Symposium 2022 (26–28 April, London, UK, in person and virtual), which this year will address some...
New recommendations promote “appropriate and effective” use of social media in...
In response to a rapid augmentation of social media use in medicine over the past five years, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has...
UK MP highlights efforts to improve care landscape for lower limb...
Emma Hardy, UK Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull West and Hessle and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease,...
Key documents, COVID-19 recovery and device capture: New VSGBI president outlines...
The new Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) president Jonathan Boyle (Cambridge, UK) speaks to Vascular News about his plans for the coming year....
Michael Jenkins
“Go for it!” Michael Jenkins urges anyone looking to start a career in medicine, highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus...
Vascular disease in COVID-19 is not caused by viral infection of...
The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have...
Julie A Freischlag becomes president of American College of Surgeons
Newly-installed American College of Surgeons (ACS) president Julie A Freischlag (Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem and Atrium Health Enterprise,...
Providers must stay reactive to training need in post-pandemic recovery phase
One of the biggest challenges for education in the wake of COVID-19, writes Celia Riga (Head of London School of Surgery, HEE), is integrating...
How COVID-19 has highlighted the “many benefits” of office based labs
Brian DeRubertis (Los Angeles, USA) talks to Vascular News about the benefits and challenges of starting and running an office-based lab (OBL), which he outlined during...
Arteriovenous fistulas contribute to higher survival of haemodialysis patients with COVID-19
A new study, published online in The Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), suggests that arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) contribute to higher survival of haemodialysis patients...
Study provides new insights on COVID-19 risk in patients receiving dialysis
Many individuals with kidney failure have been unable to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic because they require dialysis treatments in clinics several times a...
Risk of severe COVID-19 greater in more socially vulnerable communities in...
Social vulnerability contributes considerably to the probability of hospitalisation among individuals with COVID-19 and diabetes with associated comorbidities. This is the conclusion of a...
COVER study finds “increasing competition for services” to be expected due...
Ruth Benson (Birmingham, UK) and Sandip Nandhra (Newcastle, UK) speak to Vascular News about their presentation on the COVID-19 Vascular Service (COVER) study, which...
COVID-related hypercoagulability linked to elevated malfunction rate in temporary haemodialysis catheters
Hypercoagulability in COVID-19 patients leads to an increase in the malfunction rate of temporary haemodialysis catheters—but heparin locking of the catheters is linked to...
Patient reassurance and education needed to address drop in AAA surveillance...
In a survey conducted by St George’s Vascular Institute (London, UK) on the willingness of patients in South London to attend abdominal aortic aneurysm...
“Simple changes” enable vascular limb salvage clinic to maintain a service...
“Simple changes can allow for an effective vascular limb salvage service to continue during the extremes of the pandemic,” Andrew Nickinson (University of...
Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology releases study on paradigm shifts...
The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) colleagues and James Siegler (Cooper University Hospital, Camden, USA) identify that it should come as no surprise...
COVER study: Updates from the VERN group
In March 2020, the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) launched the COVID-19 vascular service (COVER) study that is aimed at capturing the impact...
NYC study shows 50% limb salvage rate in COVID-19 patients with...
Data gathered from patients presenting with acute limb ischaemia (ALI) during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the heart of New York City—a...
Second COVID-19 wave conveys continuing uncertainty for vascular surgery
As 2020 draws to a close, many countries across the globe face continuing challenges arising from COVID-19. At this year’s European Society for Vascular...
Advanced wound care market to exhibit a CAGR of 5.1% and...
The global advanced wound care market size is expected to reach US$15.59 billion by 2027, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1% during...
Dialysis access needs to be a priority in the COVID-19 era
Panagiotis M Kitrou and Nicholas Inston discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular access services. Despite the disruption caused, they are optimistic...
Analysis suggests reassessment of operative threshold for AAA repair during COVID-19
According to a recent analysis, the decision to delay operative repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) should consider both patient age and local COVID-19...
Alliance of Wound care stakeholders makes requests of CMS during the...
The Alliance of Wound Care stakeholders recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to demand wound care is included...
EO2: Next generation oxygen delivery system for full wound closure at-home
EO2 Concepts announced the release of an enhanced version of their full wound closure, at-home therapy system. The upgrade of the system consists of...
Collaborative efforts seek to understand COVID-19 impact on vascular patients
Amidst the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, concerns have mounted in the vascular community about the disruption to clinical routine. As vascular patients are particularly vulnerable...
US team secures funding to examine impact of COVID-19 on aortic...
A team at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, has received a funding award through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington...
Dedicated protocol in Bologna vascular unit allowed maintenance of elective activity...
A dedicated protocol in the Bologna metropolitan vascular surgery unit in Italy allowed for the maintenance of regular elective vascular surgery activity during the...
COVID-19 survey: Support of hospitals and societies “paramount” to promoting well-being...
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic practice, anxiety, coping and support survey for vascular surgeons, recently presented during SVS ONLINE (20 June–2 July), reveal higher...
BIBA Briefings: Critical limb-threatening ischaemia interventions buck trend for emergency only...
A BIBA MedTech Insights survey (conducted May 2020) indicates a trend towards centres only performing emergency percutaneous peripheral procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. However,...
BIBA Briefings: Critical limb ischaemia interventions buck trend for emergency only...
A BIBA MedTech Insights survey (conducted May 2020) indicates a trend towards centres only performing emergency percutaneous peripheral procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. However,...
BIBA Briefings: Survey indicates that elective aortic procedures could return to...
A new survey, conducted in May 2020, shows that about 65% of physicians in Western Europe believe their centres could be performing their normal...
“On the descending curve”: BEST-CLI rises to COVID-19 and financial challenges
Vascular News spoke to the principal investigators of the BEST-CLI (Best endovascular versus best surgical therapy in critical limb ischaemia) trial—Alik Farber (Boston Medical...
Consensus document on device-related pressure ulcers becomes “more relevant than ever”...
The Journal of Wound Care has republished a consensus document to tackle the rising rates of device-related pressure ulcers (DRPUs) among patients and now, due to COVID-19, health care professionals....
Vascular surgeons identify health concerns that result from quarantine
Vascular surgeons from across the USA are reporting health impacts on some patients, particularly elderly ones, in quarantine. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) queried...
New study shows COVID-19 causes severe blood vessel damage
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the respiratory virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, causes severe damage to blood...
Study highlights drop in aortic dissection cases in New York during...
In a recently-published study, researchers found a significant drop in acute aortic dissection cases in New York City since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
Study lists top sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19
Older age, being male, deprivation, living in a densely populated area, ethnicity, obesity, and chronic kidney disease are associated with a positive test for...
Study lists top sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19
Older age, being male, deprivation, living in a densely populated area, ethnicity, obesity, and chronic kidney disease are associated with a positive test for...
COVID-19: No evidence of increased aortic emergencies in Lombardy
Roberto Chiesa (Milan, Italy), who was at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Lombardy region of Italy, shares his team’s experience in...
Life as a vascular surgeon in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rebeca Reachi Lugo is a vascular surgeon in Mexico. Based on her own experiences, as well as the responses of 150 other Mexican vascular...
COVID-19: The role of vascular surgeons—A New York centre perspective
Thomas Maldonado and Michael Barfield, both of NYU Langone Health (New York, USA), share their experiences of the coronavirus outbreak and discuss how the...
New collection of articles available on impact of COVID-19 in treating...
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has introduced the COVID-19 Collection, a compilation of fast-tracked articles designed to proactively provide solutions to deliver the best care...
COVER study aims to capture impact of COVID-19 on global vascular...
The COVID-19 vascular service (COVER) study, a multinational, prospective, observational study that is aimed at capturing the impact of the pandemic on global vascular...
COVID-19: Calls for physicians to address domestic violence during social distancing
Prism Schneider (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) and others write in a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal—because of...
COVID-19: Calls for physicians to address domestic violence during social distancing
Prism Schneider (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) and others write in a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal—because of...
COVID-19: CMS outlines recommendations for restarting non-emergent procedures
On 18 March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended “limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centres and...
Global vascular community addresses geographic disparity in COVID-19 impact and response
Last week, the Charing Cross (CX) Symposium 2020 would have taken place in London, UK. To mark the occasion virtually, experts from across the...
Topical wound oxygen therapy treats high-risk patients safely at home during...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, AOTI has been focusing all its resources on supporting a growing number of wound care patients being...
Getinge contributes to ventilator manufacturers group to form Ventilator Training Alliance
Several of the world’s ventilator manufacturers announce a newly formed Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) to support frontline medical providers to access a centralised repository...
COVID-19: Cotton and surgical masks may be ineffective at stopping spread...
In a brief report in Annals of Internal Medicine, Seongman Bae (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea) and colleagues report that neither surgical...
COVID-19: Cotton and surgical masks may be ineffective at stopping spread...
In a brief report in Annals of Internal Medicine, Seongman Bae (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea) and colleagues report that neither surgical...
SVS Vascular Annual Meeting cancelled as a live event due to...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), which had been due to take place 17–20 June in Toronto, Canada, has been...
“An unprecedented challenge”: Vascular surgery in New York during COVID-19
Darren B Schneider is a vascular surgeon in New York—the US state with the highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths at present....
Philips and the US government collaborate in ventilator production ramp up...
Royal Philips has announced that the US government and Philips agreed to team up to increase the production of hospital ventilators in its manufacturing...
Philips and the US government collaborate in ventilator production ramp up...
Royal Philips has announced that the US government and Philips agreed to team up to increase the production of hospital ventilators in its manufacturing...
Virtual VIVA roundtable addresses COVID-19 pandemic
VIVA Physicians recently hosted a virtual roundtable to address COVID-19. Tony Das (Connected Cardiovascular Care Associates, Dallas and BSW Heart Hospital, Plano, USA), one...
Medtronic provides ventilator progress update
Medtronic has announced updates regarding its efforts to increase ventilator production around the globe. The company is announcing progress in the ramp-up of its...
COVID-19: European Commission agrees to postpone new MDR because of pandemic
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal to postpone by one year the date of application of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), which...
COVID-19: European Commission agrees to postpone new MDR because of pandemic
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal to postpone by one year the date of application of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), which...
CMSS “strongly urges action” to ensure all frontline healthcare professionals are...
In a new statement published on 2 April 2020, all 45 societies represented by the US Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically...
CMSS “strongly urges action” to ensure all frontline healthcare professionals are...
In a new statement published on 2 April 2020, all 45 societies represented by the US Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically...
Telehealth launched by Healogics to support chronic wound patients during COVID-19...
In response to the COVID-19 national crisis, Healogics has announced the launch of a Telehealth Programme. The programme is available immediately to Healogics' 600-plus...
SVS provides resources on COVID-19 and its impact
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has collated a number of resources to provide information on COVID-19 and its impact, including advocacy, clinical practice...
ACS defends healthcare workers as PPE shortages lead to acrimony
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing...
ACS defends healthcare workers as PPE shortages lead to acrimony
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing...
Aroa responds to COVID-19 disruption by opening new US pathway for...
According to a statement, soft tissue repair company Aroa Biosurgery is stepping up to support clinicians and their patients who are battling to treat...
IWGDF responds to key questions on management of diabetic foot patients...
In the face of increasing pressure on healthcare systems, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF)—in collaboration...
“Desperate times require desperate measures,” SVS Town Hall on COVID-19 hears
The imperatives of preserving personal protective equipment (PPE) in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed in depth during a Society for Vascular...
Live webinar on Thursday 2 April to share COVID-19 cardiovascular experience
The Imperial College Network of Excellence in Vascular Science at Imperial College London (UK) is to run a COVID-19 Cardiovascular Conference as a live...
US podiatrists outline triage system and community care focus to combat...
“Our goal is to reduce the burden on the healthcare system by keeping patients safe, functional, and at home during the COVID-19 pandemic,” state...
Medtronic shares ventilation design specifications to accelerate efforts to increase global...
Medtronic has announced it is publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett 560 (PB 560) to enable participants across industries to evaluate...
Clozex wound closure has potential to reduce avoidable emergency room visits
According to a statement, minor cuts and lacerations can be safely, quickly, and effectively treated at home with Clozex Medical innovative wound closures, reducing...
COVID-19: European Commission looking to postpone new MDR by one year
During a Q&A section of a European Commission (EC) college meeting on 25 March, EC spokesperson Stefan de Keersmaecker stated that the commission were looking to...
COVID-19: European Commission looking to postpone new MDR by one year
During a Q&A section of a European Commission (EC) college meeting on 25 March, EC spokesperson Stefan de Keersmaecker stated that the commission were looking to...
Adapt clinical studies to alleviate impact of pandemic
A viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has offered potential solutions to modifying ongoing randomised clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. It...
Adapt clinical studies to alleviate effect of pandemic
A viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association has offered potential solutions to modifying ongoing randomised clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic....
American College of Surgeons releases new clinical guidance document for elective...
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has issued guidance for surgeons to curtail recommendations for elective surgical procedures to preserve the necessary resources for...
CX 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19
The 2020 Charing Cross (CX) Symposium that was due to take place next month in London, UK, has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
In full,...
CX 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19
The 2020 Charing Cross (CX) Symposium that was due to take place next month in London, UK, has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
In full,...
CDRH adjusts working practices with medical device companies to deal with...
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has written to the medical device industry to outline its...
Vascular Society issues guidance on COVID-19 and vascular surgery
The president of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Chris Imray (University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK), has issued...
Letter from Seattle: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, time to act is long...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Benjamin W Starnes and Niten Singh urge service chiefs across the USA to "act this minute" in order to conserve...
