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Hospital Medicine
Impractical Strategies for COVID-19
August 14, 2020
Article
From immunity building to plasma research, a look at some lesser efficient practices adopted or proposed during the pandemic.
New Algorithm Helps Predict Likelihood of Acute Kidney Injuries
August 12, 2020
Article
Less than 1% of nearly 500,000 hospitalized patients required kidney replacement therapy.
Opioid Prescriptions Increase Risk of Substance-Related Morbidity
August 12, 2020
Article
Additional monitoring is needed among patients receiving opioid therapy.
What COVID-19 Shares in Common with Other Viruses
August 11, 2020
Article
David Ho, MD, likens and contrasts the pandemic to 3 other viral outbreaks and their respective responses.
Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Severity
August 07, 2020
Article
An analysis of chest X-rays suggests people of color are more likely to have increased disease severity.
The 4 Mistakes Made by the US in COVID-19 Response
August 07, 2020
Article
A famed virologist weighs in on the country's earliest shortcomings—and how they can still be resolved today.
Older, Male Asthmatics at Greater COVID-19 Severity Risk
August 05, 2020
Article
New findings suggest differing chronic lung diseases are associated with varying risk factors among COVID-19 patients.
High Variability Found in Mortality from Traumatic Brain Injuries
August 04, 2020
Article
Approximately 5% of the 13,000 TBI patients examined died during the course of the study.
COVID-19 Complications & Searches for a Cure with Dr. David Ho
August 04, 2020
Podcast
World-leading virologist and AIDS researcher David Ho, MD, joins the inaugural podcast episode.
How Voxelotor Benefits the Blood Shortage
August 02, 2020
Video
The pandemic has burdened blood drives nationally. A new sickle cell drug keeps patients from needing as many transfusions.