Bexar County hospitals, clinics develop new vaccination plans after Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine halted
Doctor explains what to look out for if you’ve received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
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SAN ANTONIO – Federal health officials are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement prompted Bexar County hospitals and clinics planning to use the company’s vaccine to develop a new game plan.
“It’s unfortunate that six people had complications from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. We prayed for them and for their families, but we are fortunate that we are able to get the Moderna vaccine to do the clinic tomorrow,” said Raymond Bryant, presiding elder of the San Antonio District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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SAN ANTONIO Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a systematic review published Thursday (March 11) in
JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. We analyzed the existing medical literature to unravel a question that is very pertinent to adult critical care, said senior author Alvaro Moreira, MD, MSc, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). At what point should surgeons open the trachea in critical care patients to most benefit them?
SAN ANTONIO – A lump or a bump that your child has had for years may be the tip of an iceberg that’s been growing since it was last screened by a doctor. That’s the word of warning from a pediatric oncology specialist at UT Health San Antonio.
Dr. Chatchawin Assanasen, distinguished chair at the UT Health Long School of Medicine in Pediatric Oncology, said in this fearful Covid-19 world, a lifesaving cancer screening may be long overdue. As a result, new cancers are getting diagnosed at later stages.
“Ultimately, we’re seeing a lot of later presentations, meaning that they’re growing to the point where they’re fairly obvious. Unfortunately, when it’s to that degree, it can be more difficult to treat,” said Assanasen.
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SAN ANTONIO, March 4, 2021 People who have had major sinus surgery should consult their ENT doctor before undergoing COVID-19 swab testing, new research indicates.
Likewise, those performing swab testing should ask whether the patient has had extensive sinus or skull base surgery, said Philip G. Chen, MD, study senior author from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). If so, other modes of testing such as at the back of the throat should be performed, said Dr. Chen, associate professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the university s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.