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Home > Archives for COVID-19

The Pandemic is Leading to Increased Levels of Broken Heart Syndrome

January 1, 2021

Cardiomyopathy

New data have shown that patients with acute coronary syndrome have suffered broken heart syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo syndrome, at higher rates during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic. These results have been published in JAMA Network Open and, according to the authors, highlight the significant stress … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Patient Care, Public Health Tagged With: Acute Coronary Syndrome, American College of Cardiology, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Physician, patient care

Acute Kidney Failure in COVID-19 Patients

September 11, 2020

Acute kidney failure has been observed frequently in patients with COVID-19 and tends to occur to respiratory failure. It is associated with poor prognosis in patients who suffer it. Research has begun to focus on characterizing acute kidney injury that occurs in COVID-19 so that its implications can be better understood and so that it can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Patient Care Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Physician, Health care, Hospital Physicians

Measures to Identify Moral Injury Endured by Healthcare Workers

September 10, 2020

The term ‘moral injury’ originated in the military as a way to describe psychological stress caused by events that are interpreted as unjust. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term is being applied to refer to the emotionally difficult and unique circumstances that healthcare providers are facing, and there is significant concern that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, General, Hospital Physicians, Hospitalists, Physician Job, Physician Services News Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employed Physicians, Health care, hospital based physicians, Hospital Physician, Hospital Physicians, Hospitalist Physician, Mental Health

ACE Inhibitors Do Not Seem to Interact With COVID-19

July 19, 2020

Given the discovery that the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) – a key protein in the renin-angiotensin system – is the receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 enters cells, physicians and scientists have been concerned that patients taking ACE inhibitors may be more vulnerable to COVID-19. A study was therefore undertaken to investigate any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Emergency Physicians, General, Physician Services News, Public Health Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health care, Hospital Physician, Hospital Physicians, Outsourced Physician Services, patient care, Symptoms of coronavirus

Reports on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Observed in Children with COVID-19

July 7, 2020

A recent research letter published in JAMA has helped to illuminate the multisystem inflammatory syndrome that children and adolescents have been suffering in relation to COVID-19. While severe cases of COVID-19 have been relatively rare in the young, this inflammatory syndrome was recently described, sharing features with Kawasaki disease and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, General, Patient Care Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Physician, Health care, Hospital Physician, Hospital Physicians, patient care

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