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Infective endocarditis from IV drug use tied to hemorrhagic stroke
April 27, 2021
The incidence of patients with IVDU-associated endocarditis increased 630% from 2014 to 2018.
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Speak at SHM Converge
April 22, 2021
Dr. Murthy will discuss burnout and well-being in health care, key themes of the conference, during a fireside chat with Dr. Danielle Scheurer.
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Stroke is ‘not a common complication’ in COVID-19
April 20, 2021
Among the sickest of COVID patients – those admitted to an ICU – researchers found that stroke was not a common complication.
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Blacks and Hispanics have higher inpatient use for mycosis fungoides
April 15, 2021
Findings reinforce need to maintain “higher index of suspicion” in these patients.
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Delirium risk factors identified in ICU cancer patients
March 31, 2021
High-dose corticosteroids and brain metastases were identified as risk factors for delirium unique to the critically ill cancer patients.
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COVID-19 can cause atypical thyroid inflammation
March 24, 2021
Patients with thyroid abnormalities during acute COVID-19, or who develop such symptoms, should have thyroid function checked every 6 months for a year.
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Colchicine before PCI for acute MI fails to improve major outcomes
March 17, 2021
In STEMI patients scheduled for PCI, preprocedural colchicine fails to improve outcomes in the randomized PodCAST-PCI trial.
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Inpatient sodium imbalances linked to adverse COVID-19 outcomes
March 11, 2021
Hypernatremia during hospitalization was associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and to a greater need for ventilatory support.
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DOACs offered after heart valve surgery despite absence of data
March 9, 2021
Use of direct oral anticoagulants following heart valve surgery is occurring despite relative contraindications, but expert doubts its clinical significance.
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Five-day course of oral antiviral appears to stop SARS-CoV-2 in its tracks
March 9, 2021
“It has the potential to be practice changing; it’s not practice changing at the moment.”
