Hospital Medicine News

• AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry to Collect Data on CV Outcomes The registry will collect pertinent data to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2020
• Doctor With COVID-19 Recovering After Treatment, "Lot of Luck" A 62-year-old dermatologist shared his story of being treated for COVID-19-associated pneumonia while still on oxygen in the hospital.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves First Rapid Antibody Test for COVID-19 The agency granted the authorization to global biopharacuetical company Cellex. Of 128 samples confirmed positive by RT-PCR in premarket testing, 120 tested positive by IgG, IgM, or both.
  FDA Approvals, April 04, 2020
• Coronavirus Is Aerosolized Through Talking, Exhalation It's not yet clear if the airborne viral particles are emitted in doses sufficient to cause infection, said an expert committee from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2020
• Silence Over Safety? Muzzling Clinicians a Public Health Issue Clinician advocates says transparency is critical to responding effectively during a pandemic, and gag orders endanger the health of clinicians and the general public.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2020
• Hard Truths From Infectious Disease Specialists IDSA leaders warn the US mortality rate will likely climb above previous estimate and unwinding of COVID-19 pandemic will not be fast.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• U.S. Hospitals Halt Lucrative Procedures Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Job Cuts Follow   U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning to feel severe financial strain as they shift operations from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• COVID-19 in France: 'We Are Close to Catastrophe' With all the preparations, it was hoped that Paris would be at the optimistic end of predictions for the COVID-19 epidemic, but as the weeks pass, it looks more and more like a catastrophe is coming.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• Do You Have PPE? Many clinicians have taken to social media to plead for donations of N95 masks and other personal protective equipment. How are you faring?
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 01, 2020
• After Steady Decline, Influenza Activity Rising Again in US Influenza cases confirmed in clinical laboratories fell recently, but healthcare visits for influenza-like illness continue to rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• CMS Implements Regulatory Changes to Aid COVID-19 Response The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a wide range of temporary regulatory moves aimed at helping hospitals and health systems handle the surge of COVID-19 patients.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• Firings, Furloughs, and Pay Cuts in Advance of COVID-19 Surge Hospitals throughout the country are preparing for an influx of patients with the novel coronavirus. But their finances may not be able to take the hit, prompting a rash of furloughs and pay cuts.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2020
• Deaths, Intubations Swamp New Orleans Doctors in Coronavirus Surge Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of breath.
  Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2020
• Top 10 Must-Dos in ICU in COVID-19 Include Prone Ventilation With new European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines on caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients covering more than 50 recommendations, Medscape asked one author for his essential top 10.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2020