COVID-19 Updates
Commentary
A tribute to Edward Ross Ritvo, MD, 1930-2020
Dr. Edward Ritvo helped established autism as a neurologic disease and advocated for DSM criteria changes, said Dr. Eva Ritvo.
News from the FDA/CDC
COVID-19: Medicare data show long hospital stays, disparities
Many beneficiaries “face structural challenges to their health,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
Opinion
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
Experts publish imaging recommendations for pediatric COVID-19
The review also included useful
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.
Latest News
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.
Feature
Amid pandemic, prison psychiatrists adjust and persist
Some inmates are coping surprisingly well, but there’s still tension as they’re getting care in a “system that has essentially been frozen in...
Feature
After the ICU: A ‘fraternity of people who are struggling’
In as many as 80% of patients leaving the ICU, researchers have documented what they call post–intensive care syndrome (PICS).
Opinion
The evolution of “COVIDists”
Hospitalists at Baystate Health in Western Massachusetts realized the necessity of a new model of care for COVID-19 patients.
From the Journals
Lung ultrasound works well in children with COVID-19
Ultrasound offers several benefits over other imaging modalities, too.