Opinion
Can this patient get IV contrast?
March 2, 2020
Patients with seafood allergy have a higher rate of reactions to iodinated contrast, but not at a higher rate than patients with other food allergies.
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No sedation fails to improve mortality in mechanically ventilated patients
March 2, 2020
ORLANDO – The lack of sedation did significantly improve certain secondary endpoints, including a reduced number of thromboembolic events and preservation of physical function.
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Antibiotic resistance rises among pneumococcus strains in kids
March 1, 2020
Evolution is at work in the emergence of vaccine-resistance serotypes not included in the PCV-13 vaccine.
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U.S. reports first death from COVID-19, possible outbreak at long-term care facility
February 29, 2020
Health officials in Washington state said they are investigating a long-term care facility with two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 50 people with respiratory symptoms.
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CDC revises COVID-19 test kits, broadens ‘person under investigation’ definition
February 28, 2020
The geographic areas of concern were also expanded to reflect the week’s explosion of cases in Western Europe, Iran, and Asia.
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Children bearing the brunt of declining flu activity
February 28, 2020
CDC invokes the 2009 pandemic when referring to the latest data on pediatric deaths and hospitalizations.
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What hospitalists need to know about COVID-19
February 28, 2020
Hospitalists will be at the front line of care for patients suffering from coronavirus infection.
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Labor & Delivery: An overlooked entry point for the spread of viral infection
February 27, 2020
OB hospitalists can be doing more to protect the public from viral spread.
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Pence named COVID-19 point person as CDC reports possible community spread
February 27, 2020
The CDC also announced the first case of possible community spread of the novel coronavirus, a person in California “who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient.”
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AI algorithm finds diagnostic AFib signatures in normal ECGs
February 26, 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Machine learning created software that can reliably detect a signal of past or impending AFib in a normal-appearing ECG recording.