Infectious Diseases
From the Journals
Obesity, hypoxia predict severity in children with COVID-19
Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were not significant predictors of serious illness.
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CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity
The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.
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Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
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Rationale for baricitinib’s use in COVID-19 patients demonstrated
“We went from modeling and mechanistic investigations to clinical tests in a number of settings and laboratory analysis in record time,” Dr....
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‘Hospital at home’ increases COVID capacity in large study
Atrium Health developed a “hospital at home” program for COVID patients and brought it online in just 2 weeks.
Commentary
Should our patients really go home for the holidays?
Risks to warn patients of include high-risk status, risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and how to mitigate it, and mode of transportation.
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United States adds nearly 74,000 more children with COVID-19
New weekly high in pediatric cases seen for the second consecutive week.
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Pfizer vaccine data show 90% efficacy in early results
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COVID-19: U.S. sets new weekly high in children
“Heightened wave of infections” brings nearly 200,000 more child cases in October.
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Hospitalists are natural leaders in the COVID-19 battle
Hospitalists have played leading roles in their health systems’ response to the pandemic.
From the Journals
COVID-19: Thromboembolic events high despite prophylaxis
“Standard prophylaxis as recommended in the guidelines is a low dose of low-molecular-weight...