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Fueling an ‘already raging fire’: Fifth COVID surge approaches
November 24, 2021
“A significant rise in cases just before Thanksgiving is not what we want to be seeing.”
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Acute urinary retention tied to increased risk of certain cancers
November 24, 2021
“Admission with a first-time acute urinary retention could be an opportunity to diagnose an occult cancer.”
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Children and COVID: New cases increase for third straight week
November 23, 2021
Pace of vaccinations remains steady in 5- to 11-year-olds.
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Short-acting opioids needed for withdrawal in U.S. hospitals, say experts
November 23, 2021
The short-acting drugs can complement methadone and buprenorphine to help patients get faster relief and help patients stay in the hospital to help with long-term management, say the authors of a new commentary.
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‘Misleading’ results in colchicine COVID-19 trials meta-analysis
November 23, 2021
“While the small studies are potentially insight providing, the large studies are the only ones worth giving our attention to in the context of the meta-analysis.”
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Breakthrough COVID-19 raises risk of health problems, death
November 23, 2021
Compared with people who never had COVID-19, those who had breakthrough infections had a 53% higher risk of death.
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Oakland score identifies patients with lower GI bleed at low risk for adverse events
November 23, 2021
Is the Oakland score a valid tool to assess the risk of adverse outcomes in adult patients with acute lower GI bleed (LGIB)?
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Predicting cardiac shock mortality in the ICU
November 23, 2021
Including biventricular dysfunction as assessed using transthoracic echocardiography improves clinical risk stratification.
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What makes a urinary tract infection complicated?
November 22, 2021
There are multiple interpretations of complicated UTIs.
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COVID surge in Europe: A preview of what’s ahead for the U.S.?
November 22, 2021
Health experts are warning the United States could be headed for another COVID-19 surge just as we enter the holiday season, following a massive new wave of infections in Europe – a troubling pattern seen throughout the pandemic.
