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Adit Ginde, MD, professor of emergency medicine and anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is evaluating the efficacy of automatic oxygen therapy through the SAVE-O2 AI study.  ...Read More

In current clinical care, most critically ill adults undergoing emergency tracheal intubation receive preoxygenation through an oxygen mask. Administering supplemental oxygen to patients prior to the start of an intubation procedure increases the oxygen content in the patient’s lungs and decreases the risk of hypoxemia, low levels of oxygen in the blood. However, hypoxemia occurs during 10% to 20% of tracheal intubations in the emergency department or intensive care unit and may lead to cardiac arrest and death. ...Read More

Adit Ginde, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine, and his team’s work has paved the way for the SAVE-O2 trial, a multicenter randomized clinical trial funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The SAVE-O2 trial focuses on redefining oxygen requirements in critically ill trauma patients through targeting normoxemia. ...Read More

Last Thursday, the University of Colorado Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Lester Martínez-López, MD, MPH, on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. ...Read More

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine continue to inform medical practice on military battlefields and provide time-sensitive solutions. Faculty in the CU Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, and their research teams are leading a myriad of projects to improve care for critically ill, trauma, and burn patients, as well as investigating mental health and resiliency care for military communities. ...Read More

For patients with severe respiratory failure, tracheal intubation is a life-saving procedure. Health care providers perform intubation in critical care settings using one of two devices: direct or video laryngoscopes. ...Read More

On Wednesday, The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted leaders from Uniformed Services University (USU) on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus for a research affiliation agreement ceremony to highlight the continued research partnership between USU and the CU School of Medicine. ...Read More

We are really struggling with maintaining effective therapeutic options for high-risk patients with COVID-19. Particularly because the monoclonal antibody treatments we had been using and relying on for the past year-and-a-half are no longer effective against recent Omicron subvariants because the virus has changed." ...Read More

Adit Ginde, MD, professor of emergency medicine and principal investigator for the Airway, Trauma, Lung Injury and Sepsis Research program, was an author on the publication Early Restrictive or Liberal Fluid Management for Sepsis-Induced Hypotension, published in The New England Journal of Medicine. ...Read More

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow visited the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on Monday to learn more about current programs and research on the campus that address the U.S. military’s medical needs, including solutions in combat casualty care, critical and emergency care, surgical trauma, and acute mental health. The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted the visit that included additional CU leadership and research groups for a supportive discussion on current military medical challenges. ...Read More

"The UK Government used our study as evidence that more trials were needed, but that’s the opposite of what we reported," says Professor Adit Ginde, an emergency medicine expert at the University of Colorado. "We found that Evusheld is a life-saving drug for this population." ...Read More

Adit Ginde, MD, already had a hunch that most hospitalized trauma patients were receiving too much oxygen, but when the U.S Department of Defense came to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looking for solutions to problems around battlefield oxygen, he saw the chance to put his theory to the test.  “Scientists from Special Operations Command made a campus visit through the CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield Research, and one of the topics they brought up was difficulties in delivering oxygen to frontline battlespace areas,” says Ginde, professor and vice chair of emergency medicine at the...Read More

Early Remdesivir to Prevent Progression to Severe Covid-19 in Outpatients ...Read More

Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube With Stylet on Successful Intubation on the First Attempt Among Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Tracheal Intubation ...Read More

A lot remains elusive about COVID-19 -- including what to expect from the new Omicron variant. But scientists do know a few things: the vaccine offers the best protection yet and, more recently, that monoclonal antibodies help prevent severe illness. Ragan Sasaki was fully vaccinated when she caught the virus in October. Monoclonal antibodies helped her get better. Dr. Adit Ginde is an emergency physician at UC Health and professor of emergency medicine at the CU School of Medicine. He explains how the treatment works. ...Read More

Association Between mRNA Vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization and Disease Severity. ...Read More

People who get COVID-19 have a treatment option that can significantly reduce their odds of hospitalization, but it’s not a substitute for trying to avoid infection in the first place through vaccination, doctors say. ...Read More

How monoclonal antibody treatment can protect high-risk Covid patients ...Read More

Real-world evaluations have demonstrated high effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19–associated hospitalizations (1–4) measured shortly after vaccination; longer follow-up is needed to assess durability of protection. ...Read More

As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination coverage increases in the United States, there is a need to understand the real-world effectiveness against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and among people at increased risk for poor outcomes. ...Read More

UCHealth doctors urge recently diagnosed COVID patients to consider monoclonal antibody treatment ...Read More

A Year In, Here's What We Know About Vitamin D For Preventing COVID ...Read More

The nation has been coping with the pandemic for more than a year, and in this time, researchers have learned a great deal about how to treat COVID-19. Yet they have also been faced with what they still must learn, including how to reach the individuals who have been most dramatically impacted by the disease. ...Read More