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Remdesivir effective, well-tolerated in final trial report
A 50% greater likelihood of significant clinical improvement within 15 days occurs with taking remdesivir versus placebo.
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Optimal sedation strategies for COVID-19 ICU patients: A work in progress
“Clinicians should consider using adjuvant agents to limit opioid exposure and improve pain scores in the critically ill,” Dr. Steven B. Greenberg...
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COVID-19 airway management: Expert tips on infection control
“We will always observe standard precautions, which include hand hygiene, gloves, hair and eye cover, medical mask, and face shield,” Dr. Charles...
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Low vitamin D in COVID-19 predicts ICU admission, poor survival
The “data give strong observational support to previous suggestions that reduced vitamin D levels may favor the appearance of severe respiratory...
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Noninvasive ventilation: Options and cautions for patients with COVID-19
“When you are intubating someone, whether they have COVID-19 or not, you are in the belly of the beast.”
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Distinguishing COVID-19 from flu in kids remains challenging
Clinicians need to prepare for managing coinfections of COVID-19 with flu and/or other respiratory viral infections in the upcoming flu season.
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AI can pinpoint COVID-19 from chest x-rays
“We were able to separate the COVID-19 patients with very high fidelity.”
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NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”
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COVID-19 at home: What does optimal care look like?
Most attention has focused on the sickest patients, leaving less severe cases to fall through the cracks.
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HFNC more comfortable for posthypercapnic patients with COPD