Author: Janine Anthes

Practice points based on lack of evidence supporting use as prophylaxis or treatment for COVID-19

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 May 11 to 15, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. NIH Launches Trial of […]

Yet, very few are able to access government food benefits, including food stamps or home-delivered meals

Low molecular weight heparin noninferior to LMWH plus GCS for preventing VTE after elective surgery

But 55.7 percent of cardiothoracic surgeons who responded report symptoms of burnout or depression

Risk for COVID-19 progression nearly double for smokers versus nonsmokers

Middle-aged, older adults saw improvement after six-month aerobic exercise intervention

Of 28 infected HT recipients, 79 percent admitted for treatment, 25 percent needed mechanical ventilation

After adjustment for age, immunocompromised status, odds ratio of fungal infection was 3.5

Acute findings reported for 44 percent of those with neurological symptoms who underwent brain MRI

Children diagnosed after start of SARS-CoV-2 were older, had higher rate of cardiac involvement

47.8 percent of cases reactive to HIV antibody were among those born after 1965

Findings based on survey of American Cancer Society research grantees

Epidemiologists are developing a definition of the syndrome that could be released this week

Project Jumpstart aims to produce 100 million prefilled syringes by the end of 2020 and more than 500 million in 2021