Pulmonary Medicine Perspective and Journal Articles

• How One Drive-By Clinic Fought Declining CRC Screening Rates A program combining FIT testing with flu vaccines provides a template for how to provide care to underserved communities.
  July 30, 2021
• Our Immunocompromised Patients Need a Third Dose Three physicians who specialize in the treatment of immunocompromised patients make the case for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
  Medscape Oncology, July 30, 2021
• Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse? Many incidents of physicians behaving inappropriately have become public recently. We surveyed over 2000 doctors to see how serious this is, and how it affects the medical profession.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 30, 2021
• Five Things to Know about Point-of-Care Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-care testing is performed at or near where the patient specimen is collected. If your organization performs POC testing for COVID-19, here's what you need to know.
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 30, 2021
• Identification of the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.427 and B.1.429 This report summarizes what we currently know about two additional variants of SARS-CoV-2; B.1.427 and B.1.429, first described in Southern California.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 30, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccination in Incapacitated, Unrepresented Patients In this commentary, the author explores the ethics and policy issues surrounding the decision to vaccinate incapacitated, unrepresented patients against COVID-19.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, July 30, 2021
• ASCO 2021 ASCO Lung Cancer Targeted Therapy Data Expands EGFR and MET   Some of the new targeted therapies work even when the mechanism is unknown, says Dr Kris.
  Medscape Oncology, July 29, 2021
• Are You Protected Against the Delta Variant?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Eric Topol, MD, Executive VP, Scripps Research & Editor-in-Chief, Medscape, about the COVID-19 Delta variant.
  WebMD, July 28, 2021
• How Many COVID Cases Do We Really Have?   Knowing the number of COVID infections is critical for many reasons, but the true count has been tricky to pin down.
  Medscape, July 28, 2021
• Tracheostomy for COVID-19 Respiratory Failure Learn about the timing and techniques for optimal outcomes of tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure.
  Annals of Surgery, July 28, 2021
• ICU Clinical Alarm Frequency and Nurses' Sensitivity to Them Do the number and frequency of clinical alarms in the ICU lead to desensitization among nurses?
  American Journal of Critical Care, July 27, 2021
• A Cardiac 'Electrical Storm' Is Coming! Dr Mattu describes and offers advice on evaluating and caring for patients presenting with a cardiac condition known as the 'electrical storm.'
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, July 26, 2021
• Anxiety-Related Adverse Events After Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Syncope and other anxiety-related events occur more often after receipt of Janssen COVID-19 vaccination compared to the influenza vaccination, according to this CDC report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 26, 2021
• Threshold for Complication Risk After Spinal Surgery Learn more about a surgical invasiveness score that may help predict the risk for major complications after adult spinal deformity surgical procedures.
  Spine, July 26, 2021
• The Struggle Towards a Universal Definition of Heart Failure A universal definition of heart failure based on the determination of circulating natriuretic peptide levels remains controversial.
  European Heart Journal, July 26, 2021
• Safety Monitoring of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine This report summarizes the data reported to V-safe surveillance system and the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System regarding the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 23, 2021
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation an effective strategy for critically ill COVID-19 patients? In which patients should it be considered?
  Critical Care, July 22, 2021
• Systematic Review of VAP Diagnostics in Intensive Care A new review highlights the need for standardized diagnostic criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 22, 2021
• ASCO 2021 ASCO 2021: Best Lung Cancer IO Data   Pooled analysis supports chemo + immunotherapy for patients with PD-L1 1%-49%; immunosuppressants for adverse effects of immunotherapy; and AI predicts outcomes better than pathologic exam.
  Medscape Oncology, July 21, 2021
• 25 Best Vacation Ideas for Doctors: Popular Spots or Away From the Crowds? Everyone's clamoring for a change of scenery. Whether you want to visit popular destinations or stay away from crowds, here are some terrific choices.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 21, 2021