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FDA grants EUA to muscle stimulator to reduce mechanical ventilator usage
May 5, 2020
VentFree allows patients to begin treatment during the early stages of ventilation while they are sedated and to continue until the patient is weaned off of ventilation.
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Sepsis patients with hypothermia face greater mortality risk
May 5, 2020
Is lower body temperature associated with lower rates of sepsis bundle implementation, sicker patients, and poorer outcomes?
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Opinion
Fountains of Wayne, and a hospitalist’s first day, remembered
May 5, 2020
A tribute to Adam Schlesinger, and all the others who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
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Doctor with a mask: Enhancing communication and empathy
May 5, 2020
Social distancing is amounting to social isolation for many patients.
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Case reports illustrate heterogeneity of skin manifestations in COVID patients
May 5, 2020
Any health professional is invited to submit cases of COVID-19–associated dermatoses to a registry set up by the American Academy of Dermatology.
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FDA tightens requirements for COVID-19 antibody tests
May 4, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tightening requirements for companies that develop COVID-19 antibody tests in an effort to combat fraud and better regulate the frenzy of tests coming to market.[[{"fid":"174399","view_mode":"medstat_image_flush_right","fields":{"...
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Opinion
COVID-19: To have and to hold … in quarantine
May 4, 2020
All of us can benefit from these skills, especially emotionally volatile couples who are trapped together in quarantine, Dr. Dara Abraham said.
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FDA authorizes emergency use of remdesivir for COVID-19
May 2, 2020
The designation means remdesivir can be distributed in the United States and administered intravenously by healthcare providers, as appropriate, to treat severe disease.
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Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
May 1, 2020
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
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Opinion
COVID-19: Addressing the mental health needs of clinicians
May 1, 2020
Health care workers might be facing a “care paradox,” in which they must choose between their patients’ safety and their own.
