COVID-19 Updates
Feature
Inside Mercy’s mission to care for non-COVID patients in Los Angeles
“We went into it with expectations of, ‘We’ll treat as many patients as you need us to take,” Commander Erin Blevins recalled.
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Daily Recap: ED visits for life-threatening conditions plummet; COVID-19 imaging strategies for kids
“A short-term decline of this magnitude … is biologically implausible for MI and stroke.”
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Guidance on infection prevention for health care personnel
Many clinicians have asked whether a physician should use a mask while seeing patients without COVID-19 in the office.
Guidelines
ACR issues guidances for MIS-C and pediatric rheumatic disease during pandemic
The ACR appears to be the first medical organization to review all the most current evidence to issue interim guidance with the expectations that...
From the Journals
Cortisol levels on COVID-19 admission may be a marker of severity
Those with COVID-19 do appear to mount a stress response to the infection, and cortisol levels on admission to hospital can help determine the...
From the Journals
Experts publish imaging recommendations for pediatric COVID-19
The review also included useful
News from the FDA/CDC
ED visits for life-threatening conditions declined early in COVID-19 pandemic
Visits for MI, stroke, and hypoglycemic crisis dropped 10%-23% over the first 10 weeks.
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Daily Recap: Headache as COVID evolution predictor; psoriasis drug treats canker sores
“From an individual level we can now say that in healthy individuals, a systolic pressure in the 90s is not too low. It is a positive thing.”
Commentary
‘COVID-sorting’: How we decide whom to get close to and whom to avoid
Patients are making calculations about managing physical distancing using their own internal formulas, said Dr. Jack Drescher.
Feature
‘Collateral damage’: COVID-19 threatens patients with COPD
Patients presenting at the ED with acute exacerbations of COPD could experience diagnostic and treatment delays.
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Headache may predict clinical evolution of COVID-19
Headache onset could occur during the presymptomatic or symptomatic phase of COVID-19 and could resemble tension-type or migraine headache.