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After the ICU: A ‘fraternity of people who are struggling’
June 19, 2020
In as many as 80% of patients leaving the ICU, researchers have documented what they call post–intensive care syndrome (PICS).
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Opinion
The evolution of “COVIDists”
June 19, 2020
Hospitalists at Baystate Health in Western Massachusetts realized the necessity of a new model of care for COVID-19 patients.
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Opinion
Preventing arrhythmias and QTc prolongation in COVID-19 patients on psychotropics
June 18, 2020
Psychotropics associated with QTc interval prolongation should be discontinued (or substituted with a low-risk agent) if a patient presents with suspected COVID-19.
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Face mask type matters when sterilizing, study finds
June 18, 2020
The testing described in the report is “quite affordable,” according to one of the authors.
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Opinion
Hospitalist well-being during the pandemic
June 17, 2020
Burnout is a potential reality for clinicians in times of high stress.
News
FDA revokes emergency use of hydroxychloroquine
June 15, 2020
The agency determined that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are unlikely to be effective against COVID-19.
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Learning the ICU
June 15, 2020
Ninety-five percent of management of COVID-19 patients is nothing other than practicing sound critical care medicine.
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For COVID-19 plus diabetes, glycemic control tops treatment list
June 15, 2020
Tight glucose control led to better results in patients with diabetes and COVID-19.
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Secondary infections common in COVID-19, implications unclear
June 15, 2020
Lessons from the global influenza epidemic of 1918 may still apply.
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Half of type 1 diabetes patients with COVID-19 manage at home
June 12, 2020
Despite high rates of hyperglycemia and DKA, only about half of patients with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 required hospitalization, according to data from the T1D Exchange; mortality was low.
