Hospital Medicine News

• COVID-19 Update: Blood Test, Lingering Symptoms, Bypassing CDC These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• EPA 2020Psychiatry Trainees Subjected to High Levels of Abuse From Patients Psychiatry trainees in Europe are experiencing an "alarming" level of physical, sexual, and verbal assault that is often going unreported despite causing an emotional toll, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Blood Test Could Signal More Severe COVID-19 Risk Lymphocytopenia could help physicians predict which people hospitalized with COVID-19 are at increased risk for worse outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Most Family Medicine Residents Remain in Specialty It is good to see an increasing diversity in the composition of physicians graduating from family medicine residency programs. Most importantly, women now account for over half of graduates.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Elective Surgery Halt Likely Had Minor Effect on Pandemic ICU Capacity Elective surgery accounts for about 13% of intensive care unit admissions, according to a review of five years of New York State hospital data.
  Reuters Health Information, July 13, 2020
• Coronavirus-Related Syndrome Surfaces in Older Adults; Stillbirths Cause Worry Here is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 13, 2020
• Top-Line Results: Finerenone Delays Progression in CKD With Diabetes When added to standard of care, the investigational drug finerenone delayed disease progression in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• New US Health Crisis Looms as Patients Without COVID-19 Delay Care The resurgence of COVID-19 is creating another health crisis as hospitals fill and patients are fearful or unable to get nonemergency care.
  Reuters Health Information, July 13, 2020
• Guidance Addresses Elders With Diabetes During COVID-19 Two geriatricians from the Joslin Diabetes Center offer advice for navigating the challenges associated with helping these vulnerable adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Payment Problems as Patients Lose Coverage due to COVID Patient visits are back, but many have lost insurance or have a lesser plan. Here's what physicians can do to increase their revenue in this situation.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Stress Relief a 'Crucial Component of Diabetes Management' 'Finding ways to lower stress levels is important to everyone's overall health, especially for those with type 2 diabetes,' says the senior author of a new study linking cortisol and glucose levels.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• 'We Are Not NY in April,' But Docs in New Hot Spots Face Fatigue Healthcare workers in Texas, Arizona, and Florida describe what it's like in the nation's newest COVID-19 hot spots: They feel more prepared and confident, but are still exhausted and anxious.
  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
• 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
• Few Claims Made by Physicians for Uninsured COVID Care: HHS The US Department of Health & Human Services also said it will soon make a new distribution of money to hot spot areas.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020
• Intubation Boxes May Do More Harm Than Good in COVID-19 Risk In some intubation boxes airborne droplets from patients with COVID-19 collect and shoot through the devices' arm openings, exposing healthcare workers more than using no box at all, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 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
• ADA 2020Endocrine Hospitalist-Led Service Improves Diabetes Care Mihail Zilbermint, MD, who created and leads one of the very few inpatient diabetes management programs in a small US community hospital, spoke with Medscape Medical News about his successes and challenges.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 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