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Pandemic effect: Telemedicine is now a ‘must-have’ service
August 13, 2020
Survey examines patients’ perception of safety and their telemedicine experience.
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Cancer treatments bring concerns for hospitalists
August 13, 2020
With checkpoint inhibitors and CAR T-cell therapy, hospitalists need to act quickly to avoid problems that can affect nearly any organ in the body.
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Welcome to week 2 of HM20 Virtual!
August 13, 2020
HM20 Virtual has addressed one of the limitations of an online conference: personal interactions.
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COVID-19/heart connection: What hospitalists need to know
August 13, 2020
Be selective in ordering cardiac biomarker tests for COVID-19 patients, cardiologist advises.
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Developing COVID-19 hospital protocols during the pandemic
August 12, 2020
Hospitalists and other experts meet regularly to assess the literature and the dynamics of the pandemic in order to quickly pivot in the treatment of patients when necessary.
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‘Doubling down’ on hydroxychloroquine QT prolongation in COVID-19
August 12, 2020
Patients had progressively longer QT intervals with hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin, but also frequently received other drugs that had QT-prolonging effects, in a new study.
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HM20 Virtual product theaters: Aug. 18-20
August 12, 2020
Attendees at HM20 Virtual should take note of these informative mid-day presentations.
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Continued extension of time for thrombolysis in stroke
August 12, 2020
Is thrombolysis beneficial between 4.5 and 9 hours after onset of stroke in patients with hypoperfused but salvageable regions of brain detected on automated perfusion imaging?
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New SHM research on EMRs calls for ‘more caring, less clicking’
August 12, 2020
EMR design should be informed by the needs of the people these products are designed to support.
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Consensus document reviews determination of brain death
August 12, 2020
The recommendations are the minimum criteria for the determination of brain death or death by neurologic criteria.