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Consensus recommendations on AMI management during COVID-19
The ACC, ACEP, and SCAI recommend a systematic approach for the care of patients with an acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Visa worries besiege immigrant physicians fighting COVID-19
Hospital leaders call for flexibility to keep immigrant physicians on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle.
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COVID-19 decimates outpatient visits
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FDA reiterates hydroxychloroquine limitations for COVID-19
An FDA Safety Communication restates that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are only for hospitalized COVID-19 patients who can’t enter a trial...
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COVID-19: Experts call for ‘urgent’ global action to prevent suicide
An increase in suicide related to COVID-19 is not inevitable provided preventive action is prompt, the group notes.
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Angiotensin drugs and COVID-19: More reassuring data
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Hydroxychloroquine ineffective for COVID-19, VA study suggests
The retrospective study, which included
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COVID-19: Experts hasten to head off mental health crisis
Across the two surveys, respondents’ primary concern was anxiety, which was cited in 750 responses.
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Signature STEMI sign may be less diagnostic in the COVID-19 age
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ACEI/ARBs linked with survival in hypertensive, Chinese COVID-19 patients
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Skin manifestations are emerging in the coronavirus pandemic
“COVID-19 can feature signs of small blood vessel occlusion. These can be petechiae or tiny bruises, and transient lividoid eruptions.”