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Opinion
Medicine and the meritocracy
- Sowmya Kanikkannan, MD, SFHM
October 14, 2020
The combination of both individual and organizational commitment to change systemic bias in medicine can be quite powerful.
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News
What’s in a number? 697,633 children with COVID-19
October 13, 2020
Already-low hospitalization and death rates among children are getting lower.
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Flu vaccine significantly cuts pediatric hospitalizations
October 13, 2020
More than half (58%) of hospitalized children had underlying medical conditions and 38% had at least one hospitalization in the past year.
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COVID-19 pandemic amplifies uncertainty for immigrant hospitalists
October 13, 2020
“It feels like we are essential health care workers but non-essential immigrants,” said Dr. Patel.
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‘Profound human toll’ in excess deaths from COVID-19 calculated in two studies
October 13, 2020
The number of deaths caused by the pandemic exceeds publicly reported COVID-19 death counts by 20%.
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Fourteen-day sports hiatus recommended for children after COVID-19
October 13, 2020
Children with moderate symptoms should have an electrocardiogram before returning to sports.
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Hospital leadership lessons in the era of COVID-19
October 12, 2020
In a virtual SHM seminar, Dr. Leonard Marcus shared advice and techniques for meta-leadership.
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Empagliflozin cut PA pressures in heart failure patients
October 12, 2020
The drops in pulmonary artery pressure were modest but large enough to be clinically meaningful, they appeared quickly, and increased over time.
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Remdesivir effective, well-tolerated in final trial report
October 9, 2020
A 50% greater likelihood of significant clinical improvement within 15 days occurs with taking remdesivir versus placebo.
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The socioeconomic revolving door of 30-day heart failure readmissions
October 9, 2020
Racial disparities in 30-day HF readmissions stem partly from variation in economic status of residential neighborhoods, regardless of hospital care quality or insurance coverage, a study suggests.