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‘Major update’ of BP guidance for kidney disease; treat to 120 mm Hg
March 16, 2021
“[Chapter one] of the guidelines is devoted to blood pressure measurement ... if [targeting] 120 [mm Hg systolic], the emphasis is on 120 measured properly.”
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First pill for COVID-19 could be ready by year’s end
March 15, 2021
The new pill significantly reduced infectious virus in symptomatic patients who had tested positive for COVID-19, but were not hospitalized.
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Don’t discontinue osteoporosis meds for COVID-19 vaccines, expert guidance says
March 11, 2021
Recommendations help physicians distinguish between a reaction to the vaccine and a reaction to medication.
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Inpatient sodium imbalances linked to adverse COVID-19 outcomes
March 11, 2021
Hypernatremia during hospitalization was associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and to a greater need for ventilatory support.
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Delay surgery by 7 weeks after COVID-19 diagnosis, study shows
March 11, 2021
Risk for death was about 3.5 to 4 times higher in the first 6 weeks after surgery among people with a preoperative COVID-19 diagnosis.
Opinion
Palliative care and hospital medicine partnerships in the pandemic
March 10, 2021
Partnerships among hospital medicine and palliative care teams thrive on mutually shared core values of patient centered care.
News
CDC data strengthen link between obesity and severe COVID
March 9, 2021
Progressively intensive management of COVID-19 might be needed for patients with more severe obesity.
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Decline in weekly child COVID-19 cases has almost stopped
March 9, 2021
Children’s share of weekly cases higher than at any other time during the pandemic.
News
Call to action on obesity amid COVID-19 pandemic
March 9, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 could have been avoided if obesity rates were lower; call for people with obesity to be included in priority lists for COVID-19 vaccination.
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Potential COVID-19 variant surge looms over U.S.
March 9, 2021
Across Europe, 27 countries are seeing significant B.1.1.7 case increases, and 10 are getting hit hard.
