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Dapagliflozin may cut risk of HF hospitalization in patients with type 2 diabetes
March 25, 2021
What is the Food and Drug Administration–approved indication for dapagliflozin (Farxiga)?
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Low concordance between troponin assays for ACS
March 25, 2021
Concordance between high-sensitivity troponin assays was only 37% for a single blood draw, rising to 75% with serial testing, but still changing management decisions in some patients.
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COVID-19 variants now detected in more animals, may find hosts in mice
March 25, 2021
Veterinarians have documented infections of B.1.1.7 – the fast-spreading variant first found in the United Kingdom – in dogs and cats.
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Dramatic drop in COVID-19 cases seen among vaccinated health care workers
March 24, 2021
The effect on the medical workforce “has been dramatic.”
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COVID-19 can cause atypical thyroid inflammation
March 24, 2021
Patients with thyroid abnormalities during acute COVID-19, or who develop such symptoms, should have thyroid function checked every 6 months for a year.
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Less sleep, more burnout linked to higher COVID-19 risk, study shows
March 24, 2021
For each additional hour of sleep at night, risk for COVID-19 dropped by 12%.
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Family-involved interventions reduce postoperative delirium
March 24, 2021
Is the Tailored, Family-Involved Hospital Elder Life Program (t-HELP) effective in reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) in older patients after noncardiac surgery?
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COVID-19’s impact on lupus inpatients examined in study
March 24, 2021
Younger inpatients with COVID-19 and SLE showed higher mortality than did COVID-19 inpatients of similar age from the general population in a French epidemiologic study.
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ApoB may better predict mortality risk in statin-treated patients
March 24, 2021
In the study, measures of apoB and non-HDL cholesterol, but not LDL cholesterol, were associated with increased residual mortality and myocardial infarction risk.
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Here we go again? Rate of COVID-19 in children takes a turn for the worse
March 24, 2021
New cases rose for the first time since mid-January.
