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More Americans hospitalized, readmitted for heart failure
February 16, 2021
“We should be emphasizing the things we know work to reduce heart failure hospitalization, which is, number one, prevention.”
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Steroid and immunoglobulin standard of care for MIS-C
February 12, 2021
The combination treatment failed in only 9% of cases while immunoglobulins alone failed in 38% of cases.
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PPE protected critical care staff from COVID-19 transmission
February 11, 2021
Staff acquisition peaked 3 weeks before the peak of COVID-19 ICU admission.
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Burnout rates in ICU staff fueled by shortages, overtime
February 11, 2021
Both ICU physicians and nurses have experienced high rates of burnout because of working conditions.
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ColCORONA: More questions than answers for colchicine in COVID-19
February 11, 2021
Millions of dollars and thousands of patients later, the phase 3 study highlights the challenges of COVID-19–related preprint studies without peer review.
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Finding a new approach to difficult diagnoses
February 11, 2021
Hospitalists at other institutions may be interested in starting a similar type of service.
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Study: COVID cases have been ‘severely undercounted’
February 10, 2021
In the U.S., the number of COVID-19 cases is likely three times that of reported cases.
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Some COVID-19 vaccine reactions could be pseudoallergic, experts say
February 10, 2021
All of the people who developed allergies after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines recovered, but more than 445,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.
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COVID-19 in children: New cases down for third straight week
February 10, 2021
Children’s share of all new cases has risen for five consecutive weeks.
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U.K. COVID-19 variant doubling every 10 days in the U.S.: Study
February 9, 2021
The transmission rate in the United States of the variant, labeled B.1.1.7, is 30%-40% higher than that of more common lineages.