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Physicians pessimistic despite increased COVID-19 test kits
March 26, 2020
Physicians express frustration over safety equipment and staffing shortages.
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Keep calm: Under 25s with diabetes aren’t being hospitalized for COVID-19
March 26, 2020
But some are concerned that type 1 diabetes diagnoses are being delayed.
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FMT appears safe and effective for IBD patients with recurrent C. difficile
March 26, 2020
Most patients were cured of C. difficile after one fecal transplant.
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Guidelines on delaying cancer surgery during COVID-19
March 26, 2020
The American College of Surgeons has issued new guidelines for cancer surgery in the era of COVID-19.
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Cardiac symptoms can be first sign of COVID-19
March 26, 2020
Among those affected, acute myocardial injury is either apparent at presentation or develops after hospitalization.
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At U.S. Ground Zero for coronavirus, a hospital is transformed
March 26, 2020
Hospitalists at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash., benefited from an early connection with Chinese peers.
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Lessons from Seattle: Prepping a critical care system for COVID-19
March 26, 2020
From communicating with staff to managing patients with comorbidities, here’s how a major Seattle medical center is preparing.
Opinion
Psychiatrists deemed ‘essential’ in time of COVID-19
March 25, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on psychiatric patients with conditions such as anxiety, depression and PTSD. Meanwhile, a national poll released March 25 by the American Psychiatric Association shows that almost half of all Americans are anxious about contracting COVID-19 and ...
Opinion
Step 1 scoring moves to pass/fail: Hospitalists’ role and unintended consequences
March 25, 2020
The change to a pass/fail Step 1 exam will likely do little to address the expanding gulf between the UME and GME communities.
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COVID-19 shifts telehealth to the center of cardiology
March 25, 2020
A series of recent mandates aimed at addressing barriers to telehealth ‘have come in a time of desperation,’ one New York–based cardiologist says.