Hospital Medicine News

The Canadian Transient Ischaemic Score was more accurate than the ABCD² and ABCD²I scores in determining patients’ risk for a subsequent stroke within 7 days of having a minor one or a transient ischemic attack, recent data showed.

Maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk for stillbirth or early infant death, according to research published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The risk for invasive mechanical ventilation, hospitalization and death in those with COVID-19 increased with BMI, according to research published in MMWR.

In new guidance, the CDC said Monday that fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart.

ED visits for violence-related injuries appeared to decrease during the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown, according to study results conducted in Wales and published in JAMA.

There was a significant decrease in primary care visits among undocumented residents between June 2015 and May 2018, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Older adult patients who received antibiotic prophylaxis for UTIs experienced an increased risk for hospitalization, sepsis and bloodstream infection, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, low serum zinc concentration was linked to an increased likelihood of hospitalizations due to infections. This elevated risk was especially high for individuals on proton pump inhibitors.

The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said Monday that doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine will be delivered as early as Tuesday.

A series of studies that assessed COVID-19-related risks and outcomes among patients with asthma were presented at this year’s virtual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting.