Women Physicians Delay Childbearing Versus Nonphysicians
Physicians more likely to experience childbirth at older ages; have same cumulative probability of childbirth as nonphysicians
More Medical Errors Reported for Nurses With Poor Physical, Mental Health
Likelihood of having better physical health up for nurses who perceived that worksite was very supportive of well-being
Risk Factors ID’d for COVID-19-Related Death in Diabetes
Risk for COVID-19-related death up in association with male sex, older age, preexisting comorbidities, insulin use
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
COVID-19 Deaths Continue to Decline in the United States
Still, more Americans need to get vaccinated, experts urge
Female Sex, Work Culture Biggest Contributors to Physician Burnout
Compared with electronic health record usage at an academic medical center, clinician sex and work culture contributed more to burnout
Decrease Seen in Abusive Head Trauma for Young Children During Pandemic
Mean monthly admissions for AHT in children younger than 5 were lower in 2020 than in 2019, 2018, and 2017
Mechanism ID’d for Thrombosis After ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine
Testing for antibodies to platelet factor 4 positive in 22 of 23 patients; treatment with platelet transfusion should be avoided
Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths Not Seen Across Race
However, Black women have COVID-19 mortality rates nearly four times higher than White men, three times higher than Asian men
Introduction of Sepsis Performance Measure Had Little Impact
Variable impact found on changes in process measures, with no improvement in clinical outcomes
