Paul Govern Archive — Page 30 of 55

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April 20, 2020

Damage, disruption, delirium

New findings suggest that treatments that decrease oxidative damage might help with postoperative delirium that occurs in up to 30% of cardiac surgery patients.

By Paul Govern
A masked valet attendant in a red shirt and purple gloves uses a handheld thermometer to screen an employee wearing a patterned yellow top outdoors.
April 17, 2020

Cross-training of employees crucial to VUMC virus efforts

In late March, in preparation for a patient surge and employee absenteeism due to COVID-19, the emergency command center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center asked for a system-wide labor pool to be set up to allow quick and agile redeployment of people and expertise across the institution.

By Paul Govern
Café dining area with widely spaced tables, a mostly empty foreground, and yellow caution tape blocking off seating near the counter; several patrons sit in the background.
April 16, 2020

Food Services makes adjustments as part of virus response

Stop by the Courtyard Café at Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and you’ll see that COVID-19 has wrought some obvious changes.

By Paul Govern
If needed, a new unit in Medical Center East is ready to accept COVID patients
April 10, 2020

VUMC adult hospital prepared for surge of COVID-19 admissions

As of April 9, Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH) had admitted 79 patients with COVID-19, 55 of those admitted had subsequently been discharged, and three patient had died. Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital had admitted 10 patients with COVID-19, none had died, and one of those admitted had subsequently been discharged.

By Paul Govern
Medical patient-monitoring equipment stands in a garage-like clinical assessment area with a privacy screen, chair, and blue parking sign in the background.
April 9, 2020

Surveillance key to monitoring exposed employees

Medical surveillance by the Occupational Health Clinic is essential to the COVID-19 response at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Paul Govern
Portrait of William Cooper, MD, MPH, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red striped tie.
April 9, 2020

VUMC study named as JAMA Surgery’s top paper

The world’s No.1 ranked surgery journal, JAMA Surgery, has announced that a June 2019 study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was the journal’s top paper of the year as measured by Altmetric Attention Score.

By Paul Govern