Emergency Medicine News

• COVID-19 Daily: Encephalitis Case Report, Silent Spreaders These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2020
• Healthcare Workers Face Mental Health Challenges During COVID-19 Healthcare workers need to prepare for mental distress resulting from having to make morally challenging decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2020
• The Week That Wasn't in COVID-19: Elon Musk, 'Pandemic' Scientist Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, April 03, 2020
• Closing In on the New Coronavirus The eye-catching spikes sticking out from the surface of SARS-CoV-2 may inspire new ways to prevent or treat Covid-19 infections.
  Knowable Magazine, April 03, 2020
• ACC 2020Higher Protein Intake Linked to Lower Risk of AF Most people would be far healthier and leaner by reducing calories from carbs and fats while eating a higher-protein diet, with closer to 25% of calories from protein, says a study author.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2020
• U.S. Officials Redistribute Protective Gear Seized From Alleged Hoarder U.S. officials said on Thursday they would distribute a stockpile of personal protective equipment, including 192,000 N95 respirator masks, which they seized this week from an alleged hoarder.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2020
• Empty Hospitals in Pandemic Cities, but Reopening Is Difficult In Philadelphia, New Orleans and Los Angeles, former safety-net hospitals sit empty. But reopening a closed hospital, even during a pandemic when health resources are scarce, is not easy or cheap.
  Kaiser Health News, April 03, 2020
• U.S. Doctors on Coronavirus Front Line Seek Protection From Malpractice Suits U.S. medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are lobbying policymakers for protection from potential malpractice lawsuits as hospitals triage care and physicians take on roles outside their specialties.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2020
• Patients on Steroids With COVID-19 Might Need Rescue Steroids Those on steroids because of known adrenal disease, and for more common ailments, may need additional 'stress' doses of IV corticosteroids in the case of severe infection with COVID-19, endocrinologists urge.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2020
• First Case of Encephalitis Linked to COVID-19 Reported A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 and altered mental state was diagnosed with acute necrotizing encephalopathy.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2020
• Coronavirus Social: N95 Mask Theft Draws Sympathy, Outrage Here are some of the top trending COVID-19 topics dominating the social media conversation among clinicians.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2020
• How COVID-19 Silent Spreaders May Be Infecting Others Up to 25% of infected persons may never have symptoms, and in others, symptoms may not show up until 48 hours after being infected, according to new evidence.
  WebMD Health News, April 03, 2020
• Alert EMA Restricts Fosfomycin Use Following Evidence Review The EMA will restrict use of intravenous and oral formulations and suspend pediatric and intramuscular formulations of fosfomycin-based antibiotics.
  News Alerts, April 03, 2020
• Acute Stroke Care During COVID-19: AHA's Emergency Strategy Suspending the usual review and evidence requirements for official statements, the AHA/ASA issues emergency guidance on treatment of acute stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2020
• Key Drugs Join PPEs on List of Front-Line Shortages Orders shot up exponentially in March for sedatives such as fentanyl, propofol, and midazolam — and order fill rates are dropping.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2020
• Simulations Can Reveal Deficiencies in PPE Coverage Simulations to test the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE) may reveal shortcomings in both the equipment and in the manner that PPEs are used, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2020
• The Doc Leading San Diego County's 'Decisive' COVID-19 Response Dr George Yphantides knows first-hand the grim effects of a pandemic, having lost his father to the H1N1 swine flu onset in 2009. Now, the San Diego County CMO is tackling coronavirus head-on.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2020
• Losing Sense of Smell, Taste, May Be Early Signs of COVID-19 Loss of the senses of smell and taste may be an early sign of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, Italian researchers report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• COVID-19: AHA Guidance on Hypertension, Latest on Angiotensin Link The American Heart Association advised cardiac patients to avoid medications or supplements that could raise blood pressure. Separately, new reviews explore the latest on the angiotensin connection.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• New York's Northwell Health Begins 3D Printing Nasal Swabs for Coronavirus Testing New York-based hospital system Northwell Health said it has started to make its own nasal swabs using 3D printing, enabling it to produce thousands of swabs a day that can be used in testing for the coronavirus.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020