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New tool may provide point-of-care differentiation between bacterial, viral infections
December 10, 2020
Early results suggest high diagnostic accuracy at low cost.
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Cost is the main hurdle to broad use of caplacizumab for TTP
December 7, 2020
“If we take finances out, I think almost every patient except those with a bleeding risk or bleeding problem should get it,” an investigator said.
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What to do when anticoagulation fails cancer patients
December 1, 2020
When it comes to “anticoagulation failure, we are entering an evidence free-zone.”
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Blood pressure treatment reduces bleeding in ICH
November 24, 2020
The management of blood pressure in ICH is complex. Timing, type of drug, and type of patient must be considered.
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Liver injury linked to COVID-19–related coagulopathy
November 18, 2020
Cells that line the liver’s blood vessels produce high levels of factor VIII, a coagulation factor, when they are exposed to interleukin-6, an inflammatory molecule associated with COVID-19.
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Factor XI inhibitor–based anticoagulation strategies gain ground
November 18, 2020
“When we compare the FXI inhibitors with existing anticoagulants, we don’t necessarily want to go up against the DOACs.”
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Metapneumovirus infections clinically indistinguishable from flu, RSV
November 17, 2020
Those at risk for severe or fatal metapneumovirus infections include frail elderly and patients with cardiovascular disease or compromised immunity.
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Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’
November 17, 2020
Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not zero,” and response is “not futile.”
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In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?
November 17, 2020
“To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a manner not seen before.”
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New-onset AFib common but unrecognized in the month after cardiac surgery
November 17, 2020
Results of SEARCH-AF trial show one in five cardiac surgery patients with no history of atrial fibrillation develop it within 30 days post discharge.