Hospital Medicine

Changes have been made to managing acute severe ulcerative colitis during COVID-19, including intravenous steroids, rescue therapy, and surgical approaches.

The companies hope the mRNA vaccine will become the first to be granted full FDA approval.

Individuals with malnutrition had higher mortality rates, as well as higher rates of sepsis and pneumonia.

Investigators determined that acid-base disturbances like lactate clearance influenced C diff infection after cardiac surgery.

A small study found oral vancomycin prophylaxis prevented C diff infection in thoracic transplant patients.

The US has administered more than 143 million COVID-19 vaccinations.

Multiple myeloma is currently incurable with many patients experiencing relapses.

The Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve System is designed to treat adult and pediatric patients with pulmonary valve regurgitation.

The investigators monitored any retinopathy events in hepatitis C patients, including those that were untreated and those being treated with PegIFN/RBV.

Some states are seeing troubling COVID-19 trends in recent weeks.

The independent DSMB was concerned over the primary efficacy results shared by AstraZeneca in its interim report Monday morning.

Interferon-based therapy is generable intolerable for the older population.

NAFLD can be common among those with diabetes or those who are obese.

Researchers comb through the data from more than 50,000 liver cirrhosis patients in Japan.

Researchers test 3 different machine learning models to aid in expanding the number of variables needed to better predict outcomes.

Patients in mature adulthood may have different risk factors for recurrent C diff infection than their elderly counterparts.

Researchers found 8 meta-analysis and systematic reviews showing the positive link between PPI use and the risk of clostridium difficile infections.

The US ranks first in the world in vaccines administered.

Headache was the most prominent link between COVID-19 and depression.

COVID-19-associated AKI patients had fewer comorbidities compared to AKI patients without the viral infection.

The US has an underreported and perpetuating issue with clinician burnout and suicidality. Frontline caregivers consider what 1 year of a pandemic may have done to worsen it.

Guidelines reflect updated guidance from the CDC and FDA.

COVID-19 has provided an opportunity for clinicians and specialists to reevaluate what it truly means to bring care to their patients.

The pandemic had an immediate effect on patient care, and in pivoting to adapt to the quarantine, some changes may have created potentially permanent ways to deliver health care.

Guidelines call for athletes to miss up 6 months of sports following a myocarditis diagnosis. How frequent is the condition in the era of a risk-driving pandemic?