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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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Adding mechanical to pharma prophylaxis does not cut DVT incidence
May 4, 2020
Does adding mechanical prophylaxis to pharmacological prophylaxis lower the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)?
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Hydroxychloroquine-triggered QTc-interval prolongations mount in COVID-19 patients
May 4, 2020
Two single-center reports further documented the incidence of QTc-interval prolongations in COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine.
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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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CMS hikes telephone visit payments during pandemic
May 1, 2020
Physician groups praised the move to increase payments for telephone visits.
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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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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests soar during COVID-19 in Italy
May 1, 2020
Four provinces in northern Italy report increases of various magnitudes, ranging from 18% to a stunning 187%.
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Continuity rules
May 1, 2020
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
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Excess cancer deaths predicted as care is disrupted by COVID-19
May 1, 2020
Researchers are predicting that, 1 year from now, there will be 33,890 excess deaths among cancer patients in the United States over the age of 40.
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New tetracycline antibiotic effective in acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
May 1, 2020
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as linezolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections?
