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The pandemic experience through the eyes of APPs
November 20, 2020
The need for advanced practice providers has led to an evolving integration between physicians and APPs.
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Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine 95% effective in final phase 3 results
November 19, 2020
The vaccine was well tolerated with no serious safety concerns.
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‘Hospital at home’ increases COVID capacity in large study
November 18, 2020
Atrium Health developed a “hospital at home” program for COVID patients and brought it online in just 2 weeks.
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Predicting patient risk of medication-related harm
November 18, 2020
Clinicians can calculate the risk of a patient suffering medication-related harm post-discharge.
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Myocarditis rare, macrophage infiltration common at COVID autopsy
November 18, 2020
An autopsy study shows myocarditis is uncommon, seen in only 14% of COVID-19 deaths, but macrophage infiltration is very common and might explain cardiac imaging findings from earlier studies.
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Liver injury linked to COVID-19–related coagulopathy
November 18, 2020
Cells that line the liver’s blood vessels produce high levels of factor VIII, a coagulation factor, when they are exposed to interleukin-6, an inflammatory molecule associated with COVID-19.
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One-third of critical illness survivors emerge from ICU with functional deterioration
November 18, 2020
One-third of patients who survived nonsurgical ICU admission had evidence of functional status decline.
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COVID-19 burdens follow patients after discharge
November 18, 2020
Postdischarge COVID-19 patients have high rates of long-term sequelae from sepsis and other severe respiratory viral illnesses.
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Factor XI inhibitor–based anticoagulation strategies gain ground
November 18, 2020
“When we compare the FXI inhibitors with existing anticoagulants, we don’t necessarily want to go up against the DOACs.”
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Metapneumovirus infections clinically indistinguishable from flu, RSV
November 17, 2020
Those at risk for severe or fatal metapneumovirus infections include frail elderly and patients with cardiovascular disease or compromised immunity.
