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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...
Convalescent Plasma Use Inversely Linked to COVID-19 Mortality
Reduction in CCP use may have resulted in 29,000 excess deaths in the U.S. from mid-November 2020 to February 2021
No Evidence Use of SEP-1 Bundle Ups Survival in Sepsis
Neither the sepsis management bundle nor its interventions improve survival for adults with sepsis
Model Better Predicts Lung Cancer Risk for African Americans
Sensitivity for lung cancer screening greater with PLCOm2012 model than USPSTF criteria
Cough Sound Analyzer Helps Differentiate Peds Respiratory Disorders
Automated analyzer can aid in diagnosing asthma, pneumonia, croup, bronchiolitis, LRI
Hahn Confirmed as New FDA Chief
One major challenge facing Hahn is the teen vaping epidemic
Alcohol Is Leading Risk Factor for Global Disease Burden
Alcohol accounted for 2.2 and 6.8 percent of age-standardized female and male deaths in 2016
Fauci Says Any COVID-19 Vaccine Would Be in Plentiful Supply by 2021
Plan is to make doses of the vaccine before it is known to work, so if it does work, it can be distributed quickly
Risk of Heart Failure Up for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
High disease activity linked to all types of heart failure, especially non-ischemic heart failure
Global Burden of Serious Health-Related Suffering to Double by 2060
Fastest increases seen in low-income countries, among older people, and for those with dementia
