COVID-19 Updates
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Since COVID-19 onset, admissions for MI are down, mortality rates are up
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‘Doubling down’ on hydroxychloroquine QT prolongation in COVID-19
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Long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms: Patients want answers
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Pandemic hampers reopening of joint replacement gold mine
“Without orthopedic volumes returning to something near their pre-pandemic levels, it will make it difficult for health systems to get back to...
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Studies gauge role of schools, kids in spread of COVID-19
A look at the effect of the school closures at the start of the pandemic in the United States.
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Many children with COVID-19 present without classic symptoms
Of 22 children hospitalized and positive for SARS-CoV-2, most had no respiratory illness or symptoms.
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Diagnostic testing for COVID-19: A quick summary for PCPs
Plus, answers to who and when to test.
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Study: Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase risk of death in cancer patients with COVID-19
The mortality rate was 8% among patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is comparable with the overall mortality rate among...
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Cutaneous clues linked to COVID-19 coagulation risk
These skin signs could augment coagulation assays in this patient population.
Opinion
When you see something ...
Even the fields of science and medicine may generate some bad apples.
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Value of palliative care shines clearly in a crisis
Hospitalists have played key roles in clarifying and redefining the new role for palliative care during the pandemic.