Search results for "Coronavirus"
Saying goodbye to Leo
They held his hand and stroked his hair and told him he wasn't alone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/saying-goodbye-to-leo.htm
15 Nov 2020
The grace of humility
Those of us who began practicing in the era after HAART have not experienced the powerlessness of medicine on this scale.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-grace-of-humility.htm
15 Nov 2020
Heart of a hospitalist
His last words from his daughter will be a voice recording played by me, a stranger with whom he has no connection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/heart-of-a-hospitalist.htm
15 Nov 2020
Laughter's still the best medicine
It's a form of comedic encephalopathy (acute on chronic), a clinical manifestation of humor as a defense mechanism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/laughters-still-best-medicine.htm
15 Nov 2020
Our special pandemic issue
This issue reports on three COVID-19 hotspots and includes essays and poems by our readers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2020
A tale of evolving conversations
Somewhere deep inside, there was hope that the need to apply this information might never arrive.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/tale-of-evolving-conversations.htm
15 Nov 2020
Stories of the pandemic from ACP Hospitalist and our readers
The special pandemic-focused November ACP Hospitalist is now online and in the mail, with in-depth reporting from COVID-19 hotspots and essays and poems crafted by our readers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/18/2.htm
18 Nov 2020
Studies look at hospital at home, experimental therapy, mortality and readmissions in COVID-19
A virtual hospital and a trial of inhaled interferon-beta both reported success, studies compared COVID-19 and other critically ill patients, and mortality and readmission risks were quantified in recent pandemic research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/18/1.htm
18 Nov 2020
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
New guidelines, authorizations on remdesivir, bamlanivimab, other drugs for COVID-19
The World Health Organization and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) changed their guidelines to be less favorable to remdesivir. Both the IDSA and NIH expressed reservations about bamlanivimab, while the FDA issued two new emergency use authorizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/1.htm
25 Nov 2020