Month: May 2020

About 80 percent of poll respondents concerned about contracting COVID-19 from another patient, visitor

Remdesivir can be administered intravenously to treat COVID-19 patients with severe disease

Recommendations for sustaining cancer care access include permanent expanded support for telehealth

Similar elevation of augmentation index seen for e-cigarette users, combustible cigarette users, dual users

Men and women with higher absolute lean body mass also have greater incidence of diabetes

Right ventricular longitudinal strain predicts higher mortality in COVID-19

Data from three countries showed drop in serious renal events with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors

Household contacts had higher risk for infection; children were as likely to be infected as adults

Black patients not more likely to receive invasive mechanical ventilation, die during hospitalization

Electron micrograph of E. coli. Photo: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Compared with 2016 to 2018, incidence in 2019 was increased for infections caused by five pathogens

Case fatality rates were 37 and 25 percent for hematologic and solid malignancies, respectively

Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. COVID-19 Case Fatality […]