Hospital Medicine News

• COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Less Mechanical Ventilation A new report from Israel links COVID-19 vaccination to a drop in the need for mechanical ventilation among people 70 and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• ACTRIMS 2021 NfL Levels Linked to Worse Disability in Real-World MS Greater brain atrophy and disability were observed in a real-world study of people with multiple sclerosis and elevation of serum neurofilament light chain levels.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Contrary to Popular Belief, Insulin Can Be Stored Outside Fridge In a study, insulin retained its potency in conditions in which the temperature oscillated between 25 and 37 degrees Celsius (77 to 98.6 Fahrenheit) during a 28-day period of use.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Biden's CDC Director Has Long Used Data to Save Lives When Dr Rochelle Walensky stepped up to lead the CDC, she promised to keep telling the truth -- even when it's bad news.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2021
• Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers As healthcare workers in the US began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on December 14, Los Angeles nursing assistant Esmeralda Campos-Loredo, was already fighting for oxygen.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2021
• Residency Director's Removal Called Racist, Sexist After filing a discrimination lawsuit, Princess Dennar, MD, was removed as director of the internal medicine-pediatrics residency program at Tulane University School of Medicine, prompting an outcry.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions The authors of a new study are calling for stronger public health lifestyle advice to minimize the risk for COVID-19 hospitalization.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• More Disappointing Results for Vitamin C, Thiamine and Hydrocortisone in Sepsis Among critically ill patients with sepsis, treatment with hydrocortisone, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and thiamine (HAT) did not improve outcome in the randomized controlled VICTAS trial.
  Reuters Health Information, February 23, 2021
• Fauci Introduces New Acronym for Long COVID Scientists are working overtime to gain knowledge of the long-term effects of COVID-19, said Anthony Fauci, MD, during a wide-ranging briefing at the White House.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Miami Anesthesiologist Charged in Hate Crime The physician's attorney said the allegations are not true.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Janssen/J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Cuts Transmission, New Data Show New documents released by the FDA provide an answer to a lingering question about SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: Does immunization protect others?
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• More Published Data on 'Game-Changer' Drug for Obesity Subcutaneous semaglutide once-weekly together with a low-calorie diet and intensive behavioral therapy leads to over 10% greater weight loss than placebo, shows the STEP 3 study published in JAMA.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Docs Become Dog Walkers After COVID-19 Work Loss Many physicians have lost their jobs or have little work during the pandemic and are resorting to a bizarre array of side gigs or outright career overhauls.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Racist Attack on Asian Med Student Prompts Pleas for Tolerance The Mount Sinai student said medical schools can better support their Asian students as hate crimes escalate during the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• Will You Get Your Kids Vaccinated Against COVID-19? Presuming clinical trials are successful, children as young as first graders may be able to get a coronavirus vaccine later this year.
  Medscape Reader Polls, February 23, 2021
• Scientists Say 'Health Warning' Needed on Vit D/COVID-19 Preprint A controversial preprint that found vitamin D reduced death by 60% in patients with COVID-19 has unleashed a frenzy of criticism from experts, who say it adds nothing of value to the already controversial debate.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It? State boards asleep at the switch, report says; beauty doctor settles to save face; botched endoscopic procedure triggers big award.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 23, 2021
• Task Force Tackles FDA Lamotrigine Cardiac Risk Warning A joint international task force has issued an advisory to address concerns arising from an FDA warning of cardiac risk in patients taking the antiseizure drug lamotrigine.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021
• How Do You Run a Hospital With No Running Water? With grit and ingenuity, Texas medical centers find. '2020 taught us to be agile as things change and to align our goals across different medical teams,' one physician said.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021
• Stem Cell Fraud Case Sparks Concern Over Unmatched Docs' Role A recently elected Missouri state representative and assistant physician faces federal fraud charges after patients were duped into thinking they were receiving stem cell treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021