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COVID-19 triggers new bariatric/metabolic surgery guidance
May 15, 2020
Once pandemic restrictions are lifted, comorbidities should factor into which eligible patients should be the first to receive bariatric surgery.
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Opinion
Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 15, 2020
Patients and families recognize the risks hospitalists are assuming, but transparent communication is essential.
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Hazard pay included in new COVID-19 relief bill
May 14, 2020
A few states and hospital systems are already offering this kind of compensation.
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Opinion
Summary of the IDSA guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19
May 14, 2020
Learn about those recommendations that are most relevant to primary care clinicians.
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ER docs ask, “Where are our patients?”
May 14, 2020
“The safest place in the world to be right now is the ED.” – Dr. Donald M. Yealy.
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Even with mild COVID-19, athletes need cardiac testing before returning to play
May 14, 2020
These recommendations are part of a clinical algorithm that sorts athletes based on coronavirus test status and symptom severity.
Opinion
Comparing COVID-19, flu death tolls ‘extremely dangerous’
May 14, 2020
“Comparing them – as so many people in this country have done – to try to diminish the impact of SARS-CoV2 is not fair.”
News
Doctors advise asthmatics to continue therapy during pandemic
May 14, 2020
Early research about the risk for COVID-19 in patients with asthma is conflicting.
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Consider COVID-19–associated multisystem hyperinflammatory syndrome
May 14, 2020
It is hypothesized that the syndrome potentially is a late-onset inflammatory process or potentially an antibody-triggered inflammatory process.
News
COVID-19 fears tied to dangerous drop in child vaccinations
May 14, 2020
Parents need to be reminded of the need to protect their children against vaccine-preventable diseases.
