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Merck to seek FDA OK for its COVID pill after trial stopped early
October 4, 2021
“The availability of a well-tolerated, effective oral antiviral will be particularly useful in supplementing vaccination as a means to reduce the proportion of patients needing hospital care.”
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COVID vaccine controversies: How can hospitalists help?
October 1, 2021
Hospitalists need to pull whatever levers they can to help advance understanding of vaccines.
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CVST after COVID-19 vaccine: New data confirm high mortality rate
September 30, 2021
“This is the biggest series, and as an international series, it gives a broader perspective from a larger range of countries.”
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Two Colorado nurses admit to stealing drugs from hospital patients
September 30, 2021
One nurse gained access to rooms of patients who weren’t assigned to her and diverted drugs from their pain-on-demand devices.
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MDs doing wrong-site surgery: Why is it still happening?
September 30, 2021
“When they make a wrong-site error, usually the first thing they say is, ‘I never thought this would happen to me.’ ”
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Age, C-reactive protein predict COVID-19 death in diabetes
September 29, 2021
“This means we can easily identify patients early on in their hospital stay who will likely require more aggressive interventions to try and improve survival.”
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COVID-19 hospitalization 80% more likely for smokers
September 29, 2021
These results contrast with previous studies that have suggested a protective effect of smoking against COVID-19.
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Telehealth models of care for pediatric hospital medicine
September 29, 2021
Telehealth standards of care are the same as in-person care.
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Children and COVID: New cases topped 200,000 after 3 weeks of declines
September 28, 2021
13 million children have received the vaccine, but the pace of new vaccinations continues to slow.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – September 2021
September 28, 2021
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
