News
Intubation boxes may do more harm than good in COVID-19 risk
July 14, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for protective barrier enclosures to prevent healthcare provide] exposure to pathogenic biological airborne particulates.
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Goals of care conferences for incapacitated ICU patients
July 7, 2020
To what extent do clinicians and surrogates incorporate critically ill patient values and preferences into treatment decisions during goals of care conferences?
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Sepsis readmissions risk linked to residence in a poor neighborhoods
July 1, 2020
Patients who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods may not have access to healthy food and safe housing.
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Opinion
How racism contributes to the effects of SARS-CoV-2
June 29, 2020
Underrepresented minorities face systemic bias and racism when interacting with the healthcare system, Dr. Salles writes.
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Inside Mercy’s mission to care for non-COVID patients in Los Angeles
June 24, 2020
“We went into it with expectations of, ‘We’ll treat as many patients as you need us to take,” Commander Erin Blevins recalled.
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After the ICU: A ‘fraternity of people who are struggling’
June 19, 2020
In as many as 80% of patients leaving the ICU, researchers have documented what they call post–intensive care syndrome (PICS).
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Opinion
The evolution of “COVIDists”
June 19, 2020
Hospitalists at Baystate Health in Western Massachusetts realized the necessity of a new model of care for COVID-19 patients.
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News
Learning the ICU
June 15, 2020
Ninety-five percent of management of COVID-19 patients is nothing other than practicing sound critical care medicine.
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Secondary infections common in COVID-19, implications unclear
June 15, 2020
Lessons from the global influenza epidemic of 1918 may still apply.
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Hospitalists stretch into new roles on COVID-19 front lines
June 11, 2020
Hospitalists have been the backbone of the response to COVID-19 in the U.S.
