Emergency Medicine News

• COVID 2020Hep C Sofosbuvir/Daclatasvir Combo Promising for COVID-19 Data are preliminary, but early evidence shows that the combination of two direct-acting antivirals can speed time to recovery in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2020
• Older Adults Often Underestimate Ability to Prevent Falls A nurse-managed fall prevention program was only modestly successful at preventing serious fall injuries but identified important areas for improvement, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2020
• Russia Defends Anti-Viral Drug as COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 11,000 Russia moved to defend its Avifavir anti-viral drug on Friday following an inconclusive clinical trial in Japan that tested it against COVID-19 and as the country's total death toll from the infection surpassed 11,000.
  Reuters Health Information, July 10, 2020
• Pandemic Exposes Scientific Rift Over Proving When Germs Are Airborne The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century to the very origins of germ theory.
  Reuters Health Information, July 10, 2020
• Doctors, Teachers Reject Trump's Pressure to Reopen US Schools Groups representing the nation's doctors, teachers, and top school officials on Friday pushed back against pressure from President Donald Trump to fully reopen US schools.
  Reuters Health Information, July 10, 2020
• Hyperglycemia Predicts COVID-19 Death Even Without Diabetes In two Wuhan hospitals, nearly half of all COVID-19 patients without a prior diabetes diagnosis had hyperglycemia, and those individuals were more likely to die within 28 days.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2020
• COVID-19 Protective Gear Shortages Arise Again Masks, gloves, and gowns are in short supply at hospitals, nursing homes, and medical practices.
  WebMD Health News, July 10, 2020
• Covid-19 and Medicine's Misguided Romance With Machines The history of a controversial syndrome linked to Covid-19 shows the risks of letting technology dictate treatment.
  Undark, July 10, 2020
• New WHO Guidance Calls for More Evidence on Airborne Transmission WHO on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 09, 2020
• Medical Societies Advise on Vitamin D in Midst of COVID-19 Six medical societies have released a joint statement on the importance of obtaining the recommended daily dose of vitamin D, given the current COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020
• Repetitive Hits to the Head Tied to Depression, Poor Cognition Traumatic brain injury is known to cause depression, even years after it occurs. New research shows that repetitive hits to the head, even without concussive symptoms, can have a similar effect.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2020
• Blood Biomarker Detects Concussion, Predicts Recovery Serum levels of neurofilament light chain, a marker of brain injury, can help detect concussion and its severity and predict recovery in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2020
• Hepatotoxicity Tied to Remdesivir COVID-19 Treatment Although remdesivir treatment may shorten time to recovery in patients with COVID-19, it may also induce liver injury, possibly in combination with P-glycoprotein inhibitors, according to a case report by Dutch investigators.
  Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2020
• Collateral Damage: Delayed Diagnoses in Kids During COVID-19 Survey reveals 50% drop in child visits to emergency departments and the most common delayed diagnosis was type 1 diabetes. The consequences are greater than the risks of COVID-19 in kids, say experts.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2020
• Is My Life Worth a LITTLE of Your Discomfort? 'Health care workers are scared, but we show up to work every single day,' Nilu Patel, RN, said. Wearing masks, she said, 'is a very small thing to ask.'
  Kaiser Health News, July 08, 2020
• Are Healthcare Unions Helpful? The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic have spurred some healthcare workers to protest their working conditions, with the backing of their unions.
  Medscape Reader Polls, July 08, 2020
• Even a Few Days of Steroids May Be Risky, New Study Suggests Clinicians often prescribe a short course of oral steroids for self-limiting conditions, but a growing body of data suggests such treatments are tied to severe adverse events.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2020
• WHO Plans to Address Airborne COVID-19 Transmission Evidence suggests COVID-19 transmission could be expanded to include viral particles that remain airborne for longer than noted in previous guidance.
  Medscape Medical News, July 07, 2020
• New Hospital Ranking Produces Surprising Results JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas, is tops in combined civic leadership, value of care, and patient outcomes -- but some experts are skeptical about the rankings.
  Medscape Medical News, July 07, 2020
• Tocilizumab Therapy Tied to Better Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 Tocilizumab therapy is associated with a lower risk of invasive mechanical ventilation or death in patients with severe COVID-19, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 06, 2020