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States vary in vulnerability to COVID-19 impact
May 12, 2020
Medical support is needed, but “many people are harmed by the economic effects of the pandemic.”
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Many hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 prophylaxis trials lack ECG screening
May 12, 2020
Posted designs for trial assessing hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 prophylaxis lack ECG-based safety screening and discontinuation triggers.
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COVID-19: Telehealth at the forefront of the pandemic
May 12, 2020
Telehealth has emerged as a powerful new resource for health care providers fighting COVID-19.
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Obesity can shift severe COVID-19 to younger age groups
May 12, 2020
“This could turn into kind of a viral replication depot. You may well be brewing more virus as a component of obesity.”
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How to expand the APP role in a crisis
May 11, 2020
The COVID crisis could help to advance the conversation about the appropriate role for APPs and their scope of practice in hospital medicine.
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MRSA decolonization reduces postdischarge infections
May 11, 2020
Does postdischarge decolonization of MRSA carriers lead to lower future risk of MRSA infection?
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Opinion
Plan now to address the COVID-19 mental health fallout
May 11, 2020
Mental health professionals should begin working with public health and political leaders now to develop plans, said Dr. Lalasa Doppwalapudi and Dr. Steven Lippmann.
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COVID-19 in pregnancy: Supplement oxygen if saturation dips below 94%
May 8, 2020
Use high-flow nasal cannula, not positive-pressure ventilation.
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With life in the balance, a pediatric palliative care program expands its work to adults
May 8, 2020
“It brings up feelings like I had after 9/11 – a unified approach to surviving this as people, as a community, the idea that ‘we will get through this,’ ” said Dr. Frederick J. Kaskel.
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Operation Quack Hack: FDA moves to stop fraudulent COVID-19 products
May 8, 2020
Some companies are selling fraudulent products with claims to prevent, treat, mitigate, diagnose or cure coronavirus.
