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Excess antibiotics and adverse events in patients with pneumonia
December 8, 2020
Do longer courses of antibiotics given to patients hospitalized with pneumonia result in higher rates of adverse events?
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Assessing the impact of glucocorticoids on COVID-19 mortality
December 7, 2020
Glucocorticoids can benefit patients with significantly elevated C-reactive protein.
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PPE shortage crisis continues at most hospitals, survey shows
December 7, 2020
A majority of hospitals and health care facilities surveyed report operating according to “crisis standards of care.”
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Infant’s COVID-19–related myocardial injury reversed
December 5, 2020
Children hospitalized for COVID-19 should be tested for heart failure based on a case report of an infant with COVID-19 and reversible myocardial injury.
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Obesity, hypoxia predict severity in children with COVID-19
December 4, 2020
Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were not significant predictors of serious illness.
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Two consecutive negative FUBC results clear S. aureus bacteremia
December 3, 2020
The majority of cases had a limited duration of less than 48 hours of bacteremia.
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Opinion
Three pillars of a successful coronavirus vaccine program in minorities
December 2, 2020
Minority participation in COVID-19 vaccine trials is below the ideal when compared with U.S. census data.
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U.S. passes 1.3 million COVID-19 cases in children
December 2, 2020
Thanksgiving brought another weekly high in new child cases.
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CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity
December 1, 2020
The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.
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Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
December 1, 2020
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
