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News
CDC expects eventual community spread of coronavirus in U.S.
February 25, 2020
The coronavirus is now showing signs of community spread without a known source of exposure in a number of countries.
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Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure.
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Medicare beneficiaries get few home health visits after ICU stay
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – The beneficiaries received an average of less than one visit per week in the month after ICU discharge, while a third received no visits.
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Opioid use disorder up in sepsis hospitalizations
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – “While we don’t necessarily screen every sepsis patient for endocarditis, if it’s an opioid use disorder patient – particularly one with a bloodstream infection – then that’s almost certainly something you should be doing.”
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Vitamin E acetate found in more vapers’ lung fluid
February 22, 2020
Researchers identified vitamin E acetate in the bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid of additional patients with electronic-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury.
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Drop in flu activity suggests season may have peaked
February 21, 2020
CDC estimates that vaccines have reduced outpatient visits for influenza by 45%.
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Dr. Eric Howell selected as next CEO of SHM
February 21, 2020
Eric Howell, MD, MHM, will become the Society’s next chief executive officer effective July 1, 2020.
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Medical malpractice insurance premiums likely to rise in 2020
February 21, 2020
In 2019, more than 25% of medical liability insurance premiums rose for internists, ob.gyns., and surgeons, a recent analysis shows.
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Opinion
The evolution of social media and visual abstracts in hospital medicine
February 20, 2020
Medical journals are looking for novel ways to engage their audiences and create communities.
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‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
February 19, 2020
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead of engaging fully in their medical education.
