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COVID-19 neurologic effects: Does the virus directly attack the brain?
June 5, 2020
There are neurologic sequelae of COVID-19. “We need to be alert to these, and to try to understand the potential long-term consequences.”
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FDA approves new antibiotic for HABP/VABP treatment
June 5, 2020
Recarbrio was previously approved by the FDA to treat patients with complicated urinary tract infections and complicated intra-abdominal infections.
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Lancet, NEJM retract studies on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
June 4, 2020
The Lancet issued a retraction of an influential study of hydroxychloroquine use in COVID-19 patients. Hours later, NEJM retracted a second study from the same group.
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Should healthcare workers wear masks at home?
June 4, 2020
A new study says wearing a mask at home could cut transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within families, but is it worth it?
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Most rheumatology drugs don’t increase COVID-19 hospitalization risk
June 4, 2020
“These results provide, for the first time, information about the outcome of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.”
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FLU/SAL inhalers for COPD carry greater pneumonia risk
June 4, 2020
Pneumonia risks from different types of inhaled corticosteroids have not been well understood.
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Patients’ perceptions and high hospital use
June 4, 2020
What are patients’ perspectives of factors associated with the onset and continuation of high hospital use?
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More fatalities in heart transplant patients with COVID-19
June 4, 2020
A new study suggests a high risk for death if heart transplant patients contract COVID-19, which points to the need for increased precautions and vigilance.
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Americans avoided emergency departments early in the pandemic
June 3, 2020
CDC: Visits over 4 weeks dropped by 42%, compared with the corresponding period in 2019.
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Reducing low-value preop care for cataract surgery patients
June 3, 2020
Can a quality improvement project decrease low-value, preoperative testing for cataract patients?
