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Distinguishing COVID-19 from flu in kids remains challenging
September 11, 2020
Clinicians need to prepare for managing coinfections of COVID-19 with flu and/or other respiratory viral infections in the upcoming flu season.
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AI can pinpoint COVID-19 from chest x-rays
September 11, 2020
“We were able to separate the COVID-19 patients with very high fidelity.”
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Social distancing impacts other infectious diseases
September 11, 2020
Social distancing had a significant impact on each of the 12 commonly diagnosed infectious diseases analyzed.
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COVID-19: New guidance to stem mental health crisis in frontline HCPs
September 10, 2020
“Support needs to be deployed in multiple dimensions ... and include training in resilience, stress reduction, emotional awareness, and self-care strategies,” said Dr. Rachel Schwartz.
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Hospital medicine in a worldwide pandemic
September 10, 2020
Scope of practice for the hospitalist model continues to evolve, with increased demand for comanagement roles.
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Dangers behind antimaskers and antivaxxers: How to combat both
September 10, 2020
Just as antivaxxers work to swing the opinion of the vaccine-hesitant, anti-maskers are vying with public health advocates for the support of the mask-hesitant, according to one physician.
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U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases in children
September 9, 2020
Milestone provides “a chilling reminder of why we need to take this virus seriously,” said the AAP president.
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Mounting data support COVID-19 acute pancreatitis
September 9, 2020
“It has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 has systemic effects that also includes the gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary systems,” the investigators wrote.
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Tools emerging to predict liver failure in cirrhosis
September 9, 2020
Systemic inflammation, with high levels of proteins, is one of the mechanisms that leads to organ failure.
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Deaths sky high in hospitalized COVID patients with kidney injury
September 9, 2020
“We may be facing an epidemic of post–COVID-19 kidney disease and that, in turn, could mean much greater numbers of patients who require kidney dialysis and even transplants.”
