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Dr. Fauci: ‘About 40%-45% of infections are asymptomatic’
September 17, 2020
Transmission by asymptomatic individuals have made response strategies, such as contact tracing, extremely difficult to implement.
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Many providers don’t follow hypertension guidelines
September 17, 2020
Most health care professionals rely on clinic BP measurements to make a new diagnosis of hypertension, and view pressure measured manually with a cuff and stethoscope as accurate.
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The earlier the better for colchicine post-MI: COLCOT
September 14, 2020
One substudy supported in-hospital initiation of colchicine and a second offered clues as to who may respond or experience tell-tale GI events.
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Lessons for patients with MS and COVID-19
September 12, 2020
Patients with MS and COVID-19 avoided disease reactivation with combined PCR-serology testing and continued MS therapies with good results.
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Distinguishing COVID-19 from flu in kids remains challenging
September 11, 2020
Clinicians need to prepare for managing coinfections of COVID-19 with flu and/or other respiratory viral infections in the upcoming flu season.
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AI can pinpoint COVID-19 from chest x-rays
September 11, 2020
“We were able to separate the COVID-19 patients with very high fidelity.”
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Tools emerging to predict liver failure in cirrhosis
September 9, 2020
Systemic inflammation, with high levels of proteins, is one of the mechanisms that leads to organ failure.
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HM20 Virtual: Improved supervision of residents
September 9, 2020
Resident supervision is driven by three factors: what residents need, what residents want, and what the supervisor can provide.
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Minidose edoxaban may safely cut AFib stroke risk in the frail, very elderly
September 3, 2020
Those who took the factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban (Savaysa) at the off-label dosage of 15 mg once daily showed a two-thirds drop in risk for stroke or systemic embolism, compared with patients who received placebo.
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REALITY trial supports restrictive transfusion in anemic MI
September 2, 2020
Restrictive transfusion proves more effective and less costly than liberal transfusion.
