COVID-19 Updates
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Pandemic effect: Telemedicine is now a ‘must-have’ service
Survey examines patients’ perception of safety and their telemedicine experience.
From the Journals
‘Doubling down’ on hydroxychloroquine QT prolongation in COVID-19
From the Journals
Chloroquine linked to serious psychiatric side effects
“In COVID-19 patients who may still be [undergoing treatment] with chloroquine, close psychiatric assessment and monitoring should be performed,”...
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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...
From the Journals
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.
From the Journals
Shielding ‘had little effect on rates of COVID-19 in rheumatology patients’
Findings from a U.K. cohort suggest that overall strict social isolation had little effect on the incidence of COVID-19 infection.
Guidelines
Guidance covers glycemia in dexamethasone-treated COVID-19 patients
The latest document from the COVID-19 response group of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists is a response to the recent RECOVERY...
From the Journals
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.
From the Journals
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.