Search results for "Coronavirus"
Advice on preserving PPE, hospitalist wellness, fair access to resources during pandemic
The Infectious Diseases Society of America releases guidance on infection prevention, hospitalists look at how to maintain their own health and physical distancing during the pandemic, and experts highlight ethical problems with policies on ventilator triage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/29/1.htm
29 Apr 2020
New guidance and research on COVID-19 outcomes, testing, experimental treatments
The American Thoracic Society addresses potential use of hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19 and pneumonia, and two case series reports describe use of convalescent plasma in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in China.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/1.htm
8 Apr 2020
Tools to fight COVID-19: Ventilator management
It's time to cram on managing mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/time-to-cram-on-ventilator-management.htm
15 May 2020
Loss in the time of COVID
My mother's hospital had decided to all halt all visitors to protect the patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/loss-in-the-time.htm
15 Nov 2020
First day on service
Don't worry, I'm only mostly scared/Both for me and for you.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/first-day-on-service.htm
15 Nov 2020
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
August 5, 2020, New York City
My hopes for no new COVID-related admissions are shattered today when the night intern presents a patient, a taxi driver, with a classic pathology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/august-5-2020-nyc.htm
15 Nov 2020
COVID-19 and antibiotics: Less is more
Experts urge clinicians to remember stewardship amid the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/covid-19-and-antibiotics-less-is-more.htm
15 Dec 2020
How COVID-19 changed end-of-life care
Hospitalists have had to find new strategies during the pandemic in order to provide optimal care, including company and comfort, to dying inpatients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/free/how-covid-19-changed-end-of-life-care.htm
12 Jan 2022
Maria and her mother
Occasionally, as I pulled the door closed behind me, leaving her alone in darkness again, I heard her phoning her daughter, Maria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/maria-and-her-mother.htm
15 Nov 2020