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August 5, 2020, New York City
My hopes for no new COVID-related admissions are shattered today when the night intern presents a patient, a taxi driver, with a classic pathology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/august-5-2020-nyc.htm
15 Nov 2020
Maria and her mother
Occasionally, as I pulled the door closed behind me, leaving her alone in darkness again, I heard her phoning her daughter, Maria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/maria-and-her-mother.htm
15 Nov 2020
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
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
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
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
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
Developments in rapid test accuracy, mortality risk prediction, treatment ethics for COVID-19
The FDA warned about false positives with rapid tests, experts advised on balancing emergency use with research, and guidance addressed care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during the pandemic, among other COVID-19 news.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/1.htm
11 Nov 2020