![1]() - News- 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. 
![1]() - News- ACR issues guidances for MIS-C and pediatric rheumatic disease during pandemic- June 23, 2020- The ACR appears to be the first medical organization to review all the most current evidence to issue interim guidance with the expectations that it will change as more data become available. 
- News- Cortisol levels on COVID-19 admission may be a marker of severity- June 23, 2020- Those with COVID-19 do appear to mount a stress response to the infection, and cortisol levels on admission to hospital can help determine the prognosis, say UK researchers. 
![1]() - News- Experts publish imaging recommendations for pediatric COVID-19- June 23, 2020- The review also included useful radiographic findings to help in the differential diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia from other respiratory infections. 
![1]() - News- ED visits for life-threatening conditions declined early in COVID-19 pandemic- June 23, 2020- Visits for MI, stroke, and hypoglycemic crisis dropped 10%-23% over the first 10 weeks. 
![1]() - News- Cost of preventable adult hospital stays topped $33 billion in 2017- June 23, 2020- Heart failure, diabetes, and COPD were the most expensive preventable conditions. 
- News- ‘Collateral damage’: COVID-19 threatens patients with COPD- June 22, 2020- Patients presenting at the ED with acute exacerbations of COPD could experience diagnostic and treatment delays. 
- News- Headache may predict clinical evolution of COVID-19- June 22, 2020- Headache onset could occur during the presymptomatic or symptomatic phase of COVID-19 and could resemble tension-type or migraine headache. 
- News- Where does dexamethasone fit in with diabetic ketoacidosis in COVID-19?- June 22, 2020- Author of new article discussing considerations around diabetic ketoacidosis in the setting of COVID-19 also speaks to the findings this week that dexamethasone could reduce deaths in the severely ill. 
- News- 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). 




