Search results for "Coronavirus"
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
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
Continuous glucose monitoring gains traction in hospitals
Diabetes tech is moving rapidly from research to practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/continuous-glucose-monitoring-gains-traction-in-hospitals.htm
15 Feb 2021
How the pandemic hit hospitals' bottom lines
Experts predict many hospitals will not have the reserves needed to cover their losses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/qa-how-the-pandemic-hit-hospitals-bottom-lines.htm
15 Feb 2021
Studies look at new and old scores, biomarkers for predicting COVID-19 outcomes
The SOFA score did not perform well for predicting mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19, multiple recent studies found, but levels of d-dimer and C-reactive protein had prognostic value, according to the latest research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/1.htm
24 Feb 2021
New COVID-19 treatment, monitoring, isolation guidance
The Infectious Diseases Society of America newly suggested tocilizumab for some patients, while the CDC offered guidance on isolation duration for immunocompromised patients and pulse oximetry accuracy and published safety data on the currently available vaccines. Recent studies looked at vitamin D and anticoagulation in COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/2.htm
24 Feb 2021
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
FDA authorizes new vaccine, NIH announces research into ‘long COVID’
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine got an emergency use authorization, and an Israeli study provided more data on the Pfizer vaccine. The NIH named long-term symptoms as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/03/2.htm
3 Mar 2021
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
COVID-19 and obesity, AKI, DKA, antibiotics, symptom checkers, hospital prep
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) were worse with COVID-19, antibiotics were overused, and an online symptom checker didn't triage safely, but most hospitals had enough ICU beds and preprocedural COVID-19 testing showed that vaccinations reduced asymptomatic infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/1.htm
17 Mar 2021