Opinion
Artificial intelligence, COVID-19, and the future of pandemics
June 27, 2021
Machine learning is only as good as the information provided to train the machine.
News
Unmanaged diabetes, high blood glucose tied to COVID-19 severity
June 26, 2021
Findings suggest in part that hospitalized COVID-19 patients need aggressive treatment of hyperglycemia, regardless of the diagnosis of diabetes or A1c value.
Opinion
Few clinical guidelines exist for treating post-COVID symptoms
June 24, 2021
‘We can prevent many infections from this virus, but we are still left to manage many post-COVID symptoms,’ says Dr. Linda Girgis.
News
C. difficile guidelines offer new possibilities
June 24, 2021
Updated recommendations address issues of diagnosis, recurrence, and fecal microbial transplant.
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Tofacitinib shows mortality benefit in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
June 23, 2021
The Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib reduces the risk of both death and respiratory failure in hospitalized adults with COVID-19 pneumonia.
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Prophylactic anticoagulation tied to lower death rate in COVID
June 18, 2021
Prophylactic use of low-dose anticoagulation to prevent venous thromboembolism was associated with reduced 60-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Michigan.
News
U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results
June 18, 2021
The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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As new cases fall, U.S. passes 4 million children with COVID-19
June 15, 2021
CDC data suggest that vaccination has already slowed among children aged 12-15 years.
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Infections in infants: An update
June 14, 2021
Among newer tests developed, a negative procalcitonin has the highest negative predictive value.
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COVID-19 death toll higher for international medical graduates
June 11, 2021
These individuals are more likely to work in places where the incidence of COVID-19 is high and in facilities with fewer resources, according to the author of a new paper.