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COVID frontline physicians afraid to seek mental health care
October 29, 2020
“The pandemic emphatically underscores our need to change the status quo when it comes to physicians’ mental health,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg.
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Fulminant C. diff debate: Fecal transplants or antibiotics?
October 29, 2020
This type of infection represents about 8% of all C. difficile infections and is often fatal.
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Consensus guidelines address inpatient diabetes technology
October 29, 2020
The comprehensive document aimed at clinicians, hospitals, and researchers covers use of both continuous glucose monitors and automated insulin dosing systems in the hospital setting.
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Potentially practice-changing bacterial therapy trials analyzed
October 29, 2020
Intravenous fosfomycin could improve treatment of complicated UTIs, but adjunctive inhaled amikacin did not improve pneumonia outcomes in ventilated patients.
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Tocilizumab stumbles as COVID-19 treatment, narrow role possible
October 28, 2020
Three randomized controlled trials showed that the drug either had no benefit or only a modest one, contradicting a large retrospective study.
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Lilly stops antibody trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, other trials continue
October 28, 2020
Eli Lilly announced it will halt its ACTIV-3 trial evaluating the antibody bamlanivimab in combination with remdesivir for people hospitalized with COVID-19.
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The authority/accountability balance
October 28, 2020
Hospitalist leaders must make sure they have a seat at the table where executive decisions are made.
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Inpatient opioid administration associated with postdischarge opioid use
October 28, 2020
Are inpatient opioid administration and inpatient opioid administration patterns associated with postdischarge opioid use in opioid-naive patients?
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Vertebral fractures in COVID-19 linked to mortality
October 28, 2020
Radiologic thoracic vertebral fractures were found in one-third of COVID-19 patients who underwent lateral chest x-rays, and those patients were twice as likely to die.
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COVID-19: Immunity from antibodies may decline rapidly
October 27, 2020
“It remains unclear what level of immunity antibodies provide, or for how long this immunity lasts.”
