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COVID-19: Experts hasten to head off mental health crisis
April 23, 2020
Across the two surveys, respondents’ primary concern was anxiety, which was cited in 750 responses.
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During a pandemic, infusion center nursing team pitches in to keep patients on track
April 23, 2020
Quick staffing shifts and a can-do attitude have kept an infusion center up and running during the pandemic.
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Latest data on COVID-19 patients with rheumatic diseases revealed in registry
April 23, 2020
Data for a total of 583 COVID-19 patients have now been made available.
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COVID-19: Helping health care workers on front lines
April 22, 2020
“This is completely the opposite of the way we practice psychiatry,” said Dr. Allison Cotton.
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Signature STEMI sign may be less diagnostic in the COVID-19 age
April 22, 2020
ST-segment elevation, often a ticket to the cath lab, may not indicate STEMI as reliably as before hospitals started to fill with COVID-19 patients, who may have other ST-segment–elevating conditions.
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Management of infants born to mothers with COVID-19
April 22, 2020
Clinicians should protect themselves with Contact and Droplet PPE at all times until an infant’s viral status is known.
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Get triage plans in place before COVID-19 surge hits, critical care experts say
April 22, 2020
Decisions can place enormous ethical burdens on hospitals, health systems, and society, but planning for the worst may help optimize resource allocation, according to guidance.
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ACEI/ARBs linked with survival in hypertensive, Chinese COVID-19 patients
April 22, 2020
A study drawing from 1,128 hypertensive, Chinese patients with COVID-19 suggested that those on an ACEI or ARB had better 28-day survival.
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COVID-19 strikes hard at state-run veterans nursing homes
April 21, 2020
In early March, 35 residents in the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, died due to complications associated with COVID-19. And that facility thus became the first example of how extremely...
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Doctors push back on treating COVID-19 as HAPE
April 21, 2020
The pathophysiological mechanism of HAPE is a “fundamentally different phenomenon” than what is seen in COVID-19–related ARDS, experts noted in a recent commentary.
