Hospital Medicine News

WHO issued new guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children, including recommendations on physical therapy, psychological therapy and pharmacological management.

Among adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment with 7 days of oral moxifloxacin is not noninferior to a combination of IV and oral antibiotics, researchers reported.

It is becoming clear that in addition to the immediate clinical effects of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus can have long-term manifestations, experts said.

The ACP announced it was asserting its previous Rapid Living Practice Points that 5- and 10-day courses of remdesivir provide “a net benefit” vs. placebo or standard care in hospitalized, nonpregnant adults with COVID-19.

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had a mortality risk that was nearly 3.5 times higher than those hospitalized with influenza, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Respiratory droplets evaporate faster on porous surfaces than on impermeable surfaces, a contributing factor behind why SARS-CoV-2 does not live long on surfaces like cloth and paper, according to a study published in Physics of Fluids.

Patients who developed AKI during hospitalization with hematologic malignancy experienced a significantly increased risk for kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease in the following year.

Patients in the ICU who received care from a teleintensivist were less likely to die and more likely to be discharged sooner than those who received traditional ICU care, data show.

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to die from the novel coronavirus than nonpregnant individuals similar in age, according to research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Researchers who compared kidney transplant recipients randomized to withdrawal or continue corticosteroids 7 days after the procedure found no difference in allograft survival at 15 years.