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COVID-19 research focuses on nosocomial transmission, risk stratification, vaccines
Recent studies showed that the risk of catching SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital is low for patients and varies by job and preventive measures for health care workers. A model and a serology study identified patients with worse outcomes from COVID-19. Vaccine studies were positive, but concerns arose about safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/16/1.htm
16 Sep 2020
D-dimer, lung ultrasound, and ICU protocols all helpful, latest COVID-19 research says
D-dimer predicted clots in ICU patients better than scores or other markers, lung ultrasound was an effective triage tool, and a protocol for respiratory failure improved ICU survival early on in the pandemic, recent studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/1.htm
23 Sep 2020
Substance use problems in the U.S. exacerbated by pandemic, studies indicate
The percentage of urine tests that were positive for illicit drugs increased, an ED saw more nonfatal opioid overdoses, and experts offered hospitalist-specific advice on handling substance use disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/2.htm
30 Sep 2020
More data on risk factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, mixed results from treatment trials
A risk calculator, genetic findings, and red blood cell distribution width helped predict severity of and death from COVID-19. Tocilizumab showed benefit, but a number of other treatments, including CPR, did not, according to recent research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2020
Latest research, recommendations cover diabetes, clots, and remdesivir in COVID-19
Mortality was lower in diabetes patients given sitagliptin at admission for COVID-19, ACP practice points support remdesivir, acquired thrombophilia does not predict clots, cardiac arrest survival is low, and admissions for other conditions were still way down over the summer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2020
After the ICU
Experts offer advice on perfecting post-ICU care in the pandemic and beyond.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/after-the-icu.htm
15 Oct 2020
Puzzling it out together
Hospitalists share strategies for pandemic problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/puzzling-it-out-together.htm
15 Oct 2020
Infusion sets, heparin recalled
Recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/fda-update-infusion-sets-heparin-recalled.htm
15 Oct 2020
Mixed findings on remdesivir for COVID-19, news on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Among other news this week, the NIH and the WHO released results from remdesivir trials, more negative findings were published for hydroxychloroquine, and ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine held a vaccine forum featuring Anthony S. Fauci, MD, MACP, and other experts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/1.htm
21 Oct 2020
Hospitalists' pandemic strategies, post-ICU care, physician parenting, and more
The October issue of ACP Hospitalist reports on innovations that hospitalists developed to respond to a variety of problems posed by the pandemic, care challenges before and after ICU stays, politics, parenting, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/2.htm
21 Oct 2020