Hospital Medicine News

ED visits for heart attacks, strokes and hyperglycemic crises all dropped in the 10 weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency in the United States, CDC data show.

Patients who developed kidney failure due to AKI had a higher risk for mortality than those who developed the condition from diabetes or other causes, according to study results.

Researchers successfully integrated a risk algorithm into the electronic health record at an urban, tertiary-care hospital. The algorithm accurately predicted which patients would go on to develop AKI within 24 hours.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed considerable challenges to primary care in the United States, highlighting shortages in workforce and resources that existed long before the pandemic.

Older adults are among the most vulnerable populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for eight out of 10 deaths from the virus in the United States, according to the CDC.

CMS has released preliminary Medicare claims data that show patients with end-stage renal disease who are diagnosed with COVID-19 had the highest rate of hospitalization among all Medicare beneficiaries.

Use of low-sodium dialysate and replacement fluids safely prevented an “overly rapid” correction of plasma sodium in a study of patients with hyponatremia who required continuous renal replacement therapy.

Patients with asthma were not more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 compared with patients without asthma, according to new data published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The American Lung Association recently held a virtual Town Hall meeting to debunk widespread misperceptions in the United States about which populations should be prioritized for COVID-19 testing and how to interpret the results.

In this video, Paul Steinhauser, MD, captain of the U.S. Air Force and second-year internal medicine resident at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, reviews a case report of vaping-induced lung injury.