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ASE issues echocardiography guidance amid COVID-19 pandemic
April 21, 2020
The ASE urges careful consideration of whom, where, and how to image to reduce the risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among echocardiography providers.
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COVID-19: Mental illness the ‘inevitable’ next pandemic?
April 16, 2020
“Communities and organizations could consider training nontraditional groups to provide psychological first aid,” the authors wrote.
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Troponins touted as ‘ally’ in COVID-19 triage, but message is nuanced
April 14, 2020
A consequence of not measuring hs-cTn may be to “ignore the plethora of ischemic and nonischemic causes of myocardial injury related to COVID-19,” a U.K. team argues.
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Presymptomatic or asymptomatic? ID experts on shifting terminology
April 13, 2020
They also discussed the growing realization of racial disparities in COVID-19.
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First case of COVID-19 presenting as Guillain-Barré reported
April 9, 2020
A case report from China suggests a possible association between GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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COVID-19 linked to multiple cardiovascular presentations
April 7, 2020
Temporary hemodynamic support is shown to help patients with cardiogenic shock, according to case studies.
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First presumptive case of encephalitis linked to COVID-19 reported
April 3, 2020
Clinicians from Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan, have reported the first presumptive case of acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy associated with COVID-19.“As the number of patients with COVID-19 incre...
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAN urges feds to further expand telehealth benefits
March 25, 2020
According to the AAN, the easing of restrictions on telehealth should be extended beyond Medicare fee-for-service to both Medicare Advantage and Medicaid patients.
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‘Larger-than-life’ physician Stephen Schwartz dies of COVID-19 at 78
March 25, 2020
He was a pioneer in a pioneer in the field of vascular biology.
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COVID-19 prompts ‘lifesaving’ policy change for opioid addiction
March 20, 2020
Patients in some opioid treatment programs will be allowed to take home their medication.