Search results for "Coronavirus"
Nosocomial COVID-19 infection, even with omicron variant, increased mortality
Patients who caught SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital early in the pandemic had double the risk of death during hospitalization as matched inpatient controls without COVID-19; those who caught later variants had a lower, but still significant, increase in risk of inpatient mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/free/nosocomial-covid-19-infection-even-with-omicron-variant-increased-mortality.htm
17 Jul 2024
New info, resources on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
ACP is offering an updated online learning activity and a podcast to help physicians learn about coronavirus. CME credit is free for members upon completion of either activity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/04/1.htm
4 Mar 2020
Discharge timing model identifies risk for readmission, death after COVID-19
Risk of death or readmission within 30 days was higher in patients with fever within 72 hours of discharge; tachypnea, tachycardia, or lack of improvement in oxygen requirement in the last 24 hours; and lymphopenia or thrombocytopenia at the time of discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/10/free/discharge-timing-model-identifies-risk-for-readmission-death-after-covid-19.htm
10 Jul 2024
Early case reports show older men with comorbidities at highest risk for novel coronavirus
Two recent studies described the first diagnosed cases of the virus, while the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency and tallied the number affected worldwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/05/1.htm
5 Feb 2020
Effects of remdesivir evaluated in new manufacturer-funded studies
One analysis showed that remdesivir reduced mortality in COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, while another showed no improvement in outcomes, but also no adverse effects, of the drug in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with kidney damage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/03/free/effects-of-remdesivir-evaluated-in-new-manufacturer-funded-studies.htm
3 Jul 2024
July 17, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/
New COVID-19 treatment recommendations, data on vaccines and delta variant
The NIH updated its recommendations on inpatient treatment to address medication availability, metoprolol showed promise in a small ICU study, and new research highlighted decreased vaccine effectiveness and increased illness severity with the delta variant.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/1.htm
1 Sep 2021
October 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/
Avoiding SNFs and antibiotics, expecting long-term effects and boosters in COVID-19
One study showed how a new committee reduced discharges to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) while another indicated that empiric antibiotics aren't necessary for ventilated COVID-19 patients. Officials announced plans for vaccine boosters, and convalescent plasma failed an outpatient trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2021
May 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/