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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
Remdesivir reduced mortality in inpatients on no or regular oxygen, meta-analysis finds
The patient-level analysis of all available trials of remdesivir still did not have the power to identify any effect of the drug on mortality in COVID-19 patients receiving high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/free/remdesivir-reduced-mortality-in-inpatients-on-no-or-regular-oxygen-meta-analysis-finds.htm
1 Mar 2023
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
Wellness group, redirection of patients to other services aided COVID-19 response
Group meetings and individual coaching helped hospitalists at one facility deal with COVID-19 stress, a study showed, while another described how redirecting some common medicine diagnoses to admission by other services reduced the pressure of pandemic patient surges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/free/wellness-group-redirection-of-patients-to-other-services-aided-covid-19-response.htm
22 Feb 2023
New studies assess effects of anticoagulation during, after COVID-19
Use of intermediate, full-dose, or prophylactic anticoagulation in COVID-19 inpatients wasn't associated with any difference in in-hospital mortality in one study, while another found it was safe to discontinue anticoagulation after three months in patients with a COVID-19-associated clot.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/free/new-studies-assess-effects-of-anticoagulation-during-after-covid-19.htm
16 Nov 2022
New research on steroids, tocilizumab, interferon beta-1a in COVID-19 inpatients
A 12-mg dose of dexamethasone didn't work any better than 6 mg in a trial of patients with severe hypoxemia, tocilizumab seemed to outperform steroids only in patients with the most inflammation, and interferon beta-1a did not help hospitalized patients on remdesivir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/1.htm
27 Oct 2021
November 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/
Convalescent plasma did not facilitate recovery in COVID-19 inpatients, trial finds
There was a suggestion of benefit from plasma in patients treated earlier in the pandemic, before remdesivir and corticosteroids became the standard of care, according to exploratory analyses of this multicenter study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/2.htm
15 Dec 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/
Aspirin for COVID-19 inpatients didn't reduce mortality, trial finds
New data from the RECOVERY trial found a slight reduction in clots but an increase in bleeding and no difference in 28-day mortality in patients randomized to daily aspirin during hospitalization compared to those receiving usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/24/2.htm
24 Nov 2021