News
Loss of smell lingers post COVID-19
February 24, 2021
The fact that the sense of smell had not returned to normal for half the participants so long after being infected is “novel and quite striking.”
Opinion
SHM Converge: New format, fresh content
February 24, 2021
The Converge conference will still be offering networking sessions throughout – even in the virtual conference environment.
News
New cases of child COVID-19 drop for fifth straight week
February 23, 2021
Weekly cases fall to a level not seen since late October and new deaths drop below double digits.
News
Accessing data during EHR downtime
February 23, 2021
A web-based tool may patch discontinuity – in addition to its other functions.
News
Variants spur new FDA guidance on COVID vaccines, tests, drugs
February 23, 2021
The FDA has already been communicating with individual manufacturers as they assess the variants’ effect on their products.
News
New light cast on type 2 MI aims to sharpen diagnosis, therapy
February 23, 2021
A large survey of type 2 MI, triggered when myocardial oxygen demand outstrips supply, points to confusion hindering its diagnosis and treatment and reveals the rarity of revascularization.
News
Six-month follow-up shows continuing morbidity for COVID-19 survivors
February 22, 2021
Ventilated ICU patients with COVID-19 continued to experience long term high levels of morbidity.
News
How do you run a hospital with no running water?
February 22, 2021
Although the main hospital had a reserve supply of potable water, a supply of water for laundry, cooking, and cleaning was another matter.
News
Akathisia: “Ants in the Pants”
February 22, 2021
If left unresolved, akathisia can torment patients to sheer exhaustion.
News
More from DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin quickly reduces heart failure events
February 22, 2021
Secondary analysis of DAPA-HF showed dapagliflozin significantly cut CV deaths or worsening heart failure within 28 days on treatment.