Search results for "Coronavirus"
Research shows mixed findings on tocilizumab, offers prognostic strategies in COVID-19
One trial of IL-6 inhibitors found improved survival among patients on organ support, while another found no difference in rates of recovery with tocilizumab versus placebo. An online calculator offered a new score for predicting progression of COVID-19, and a study categorized patients into three phenotypes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/03/1.htm
3 Mar 2021
Living in fear
As I was leaving the building that day, I made a greater effort to stay away from others so as not to infect them, but for the first time I also felt ashamed, as if I had failed everyone around me.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/living-in-fear.htm
15 Nov 2020
NIH revises tocilizumab guidance, research details vaccine reactions, alcohol use during pandemic
The NIH recommended tocilizumab for some COVID-19 patients. A case series described delayed skin reactions to vaccination, and randomized trials indicated that ivermectin, azithromycin, and convalescent plasma didn't help mildly ill patients. Several studies focused on alcohol use during the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/1.htm
10 Mar 2021
Research on strokes and readmissions in COVID-19, updated guidance from NIH and SSC
One study showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients, while another didn't find any connection between fever or biomarkers before discharge and readmissions. The NIH and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) updated their COVID-19 critical care recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2021
Latest research looks at clots, drug therapies, and pneumonia guidance
Studies offered further support for anticoagulation in patients with COVID-19 but showed no benefit from hydroxychloroquine or lopinavir-ritonavir. The authors of recent pneumonia guidelines explained how the recommendations apply to COVID-19 patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/2.htm
13 May 2020
The COVID Yogi
“I control bipolar with an hour of yoga every day at home. I will get through this if I focus.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-covid-yogi.htm
15 Nov 2020
Latest COVID-19 research on dexamethasone, hydroxychloroquine, vaccines, tocilizumab
Peer-reviewed details on the recent trial of dexamethasone were released, and two new trials found no benefit to early treatment with hydroxychloroquine. Positive data from three vaccine trials were also published, as was another study of tocilizumab.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/1.htm
22 Jul 2020
Latest COVID-19 research looks at antibody utility, testing strategies, risk factors
The World Health Organization also issued updated information on SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/1.htm
15 Jul 2020
Latest COVID-19 research looks at plasma, prophylaxis, palliative care, periop risks
The benefit of convalescent plasma is uncertain, and hydroxychloroquine did not appear to work for prophylaxis, according to new studies. Experts offered advice on using palliative care, avoiding surgery, changing residency applications, and understanding antibody testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/10/1.htm
10 Jun 2020
Undercurrent
On the busiest days, it seemed the workers were just one room ahead of the next patient coming upstairs from the ER.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/undercurrent.htm
15 Nov 2020