Tag: Viruses
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
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...
One-Third of U.S. Families Struggling to Meet Basic Needs
Housing, utilities, food, medical care difficult to access, particularly for those who lost work during the pandemic
Contact Tracing Can Cut Time to Case Isolation in SARS-CoV-2
Household contacts had higher risk for infection; children were as likely to be infected as adults
Anosmia in COVID-19 Linked to Lower Risk for Admission
Pulmonary infiltrates and/or pleural effusion on chest radiograph may increase risk for admission
Black Patients Overrepresented in Hospitalized COVID-19 Cohort
Black patients not more likely to receive invasive mechanical ventilation, die during hospitalization
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
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...
Fear of COVID-19 Keeping Adults From Emergency Care
About 80 percent of poll respondents concerned about contracting COVID-19 from another patient, visitor
RV Strain on Echocardiogram May ID High-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Right ventricular longitudinal strain predicts higher mortality in COVID-19
Rate, Timing of Altered Smell, Taste in Mild COVID-19 Examined
Overall, 64.4 percent of patients reported altered sense of smell, taste; one-third also had blocked nose
Food Insecurity Rates High Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Pandemic-related food insecurity follows known regional patterns
