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Rising meth-related heart failure admissions a ‘crisis,’ costly for society
July 23, 2021
‘They’re not going to die from it overnight, but it will damage the heart slowly,’ a researcher said. Meth-related HF admissions exploded in the western United States over a recent decade.
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PHM virtual conference promises practical pearls, plus Dr. Fauci
July 23, 2021
A “full spectrum” of offerings at the upcoming Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2021 virtual conference.
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Delta variant among the most infectious respiratory viruses, CDC says
July 22, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, called the COVID-19 Delta variant “one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of” and reported more cases and hospitalizations.
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Acid suppression therapy increases intestinal colonization of MDROs
July 22, 2021
Is acid suppression therapy associated with an increased risk of intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs)?
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Sickle cell disease, trait may up risk for poor COVID outcomes
July 21, 2021
Even those who carry just one copy of the sickle cell gene – the carrier status for sickle cell disease – appeared to be at heightened risk.
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Statins again linked to lower COVID-19 mortality
July 21, 2021
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 who had been taking statins had a substantially lower risk of death and severe outcomes than those who weren’t in a large observational study.
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‘Dealing with a different beast’: Why Delta has doctors worried
July 21, 2021
“We are either going to get vaccinated and end the pandemic, or we’re going to accept death and a lot of it.”
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Empirical anti-MRSA therapy does not improve mortality in patients with pneumonia
July 21, 2021
Does empirical anti–methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) therapy affect 30-day mortality in patients hospitalized with pneumonia, when compared with standard antibiotic regimens?
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Children and COVID: New vaccinations increase as cases continue to climb
July 20, 2021
Vaccine initiations among children aged 12-15 years had declined in 6 of the previous 7 weeks.
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HIV increases risk for severe COVID-19
July 20, 2021
“We don’t have any information from this about the T-cell counts [or] the rates of viral suppression, which I think is tremendously important,” one physician said about the data.
