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Batten down the hatches for thyroid storm
August 28, 2020
“The big thing is to look for and treat the underlying precipitating event.”
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Drug allergy in the chart? Ask patients for specifics
August 28, 2020
Hospitalists “have a huge role to play” in drug allergy delabeling.
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FDA approves point-of-care COVID-19 antigen test
August 27, 2020
“This new COVID-19 antigen test is an important addition to available tests because the results can be read in minutes, right off the testing card.”
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COVID-19 vaccine supply will be limited at first, ACIP says
August 27, 2020
The working group expects that from 15 to 45 million doses of vaccine will be available by the end of December, depending on which vaccine is approved by then or whether both are approved.
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Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in kids tied to local rates
August 27, 2020
It is unclear how many children remain asymptomatic in comparison with those who were in a presymptomatic phase at the time of testing.
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Heart failure: Practice-changing developments for hospitalists
August 26, 2020
“I really like this H2FPEF score. The score works very, very well” for diagnosis of HFpEF – Dr. Dustin T. Smith
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Convalescent plasma actions spark trial recruitment concerns
August 26, 2020
“It’s not clear that people with COVID-19, especially those who are severely ill and hospitalized, will choose to enlist in a clinical trial – where they could receive a placebo – when they instead could get plasma.”
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Prognosis for rural hospitals worsens with pandemic
August 26, 2020
It’s a dangerous scenario. “We know that a closure leads to higher mortality pretty quickly” among the populations served.
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When viruses collide: Flu season during pandemic
August 26, 2020
Seasonal flu in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm practitioners, hospitals and the health care system.
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As COVID-19 cases increase in children, deaths remain low
August 25, 2020
Tennessee passed Arizona this week and now has the highest rate of cumulative cases.
