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Safety-net burden linked with poorer inpatient cirrhosis outcomes
June 21, 2021
Even so, hospitalizations and mortality were still higher in Black patients than White patients after controlling for hospitals’ safety-net burden.
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Prophylactic anticoagulation tied to lower death rate in COVID
June 18, 2021
Prophylactic use of low-dose anticoagulation to prevent venous thromboembolism was associated with reduced 60-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Michigan.
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U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results
June 18, 2021
The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Reversal agents curb DOAC-related bleeding but deaths still high
June 17, 2021
The meta-analysis of more than 4,000 patients also showed thrombotic events were more frequent with andexanet than with 4PCC or idarucizumab.
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AHA: Don’t delay COVID shot while CDC reviews myocarditis cases
June 17, 2021
It remains unclear if suspected myocarditis cases have any direct link to COVID vaccines, and the benefits of vaccination continue to ‘far exceed’ the risks, the AHA says.
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‘COVID toes’ chilblain-like lesions not related to COVID-19
June 16, 2021
Dr. Discepolo and colleagues evaluated 17 adolescents who presented with chilblain-like lesions of the toes during the first wave of the pandemic in southern Italy.
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More obese, diabetic, chronically ill kids hospitalized with COVID-19
June 16, 2021
Children with diabetes, obesity, and cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and to be severely ill while hospitalized, a new study finds.
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As new cases fall, U.S. passes 4 million children with COVID-19
June 15, 2021
CDC data suggest that vaccination has already slowed among children aged 12-15 years.
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Simple risk assessment predicts post-PCI ischemic events
June 15, 2021
Determining if PCI patients have just one or more guideline-based risk features predicts their odds of ischemic events, and can be used to tailor antiplatelet therapy, suggests a real-world analysis.
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OSHA issues new rules on COVID-19 safety for health care workers
June 14, 2021
“The science tells us that health care workers, particularly those who come into regular contact with the virus, are most at risk at this point in the pandemic.”
