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Anesthesiologists Shift Practice From OR to ICU During Pandemic

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Given drop in elective and nonemergency procedures, two-thirds of practices shifted to critical care
Risk for newborn respiratory distress increases in a dose-response manner in association with maternal use of prenatal antidepressants

Newborn Respiratory Distress Up With Maternal Antidepressant Use

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Moderate, high sustained prenatal antidepressant use associated with increased risk for preterm birth
A partnership that would bypass the drug industry to sell a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus has been formed by a laboratory at Imperial College London.

Partnership Would Bypass Drug Industry to Sell COVID-19 Vaccine

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Vaccine could be sold without profits or licensing fees in Britain and low- and middle-income countries
About half of patients with perioperative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have postoperative pulmonary complications

Postoperative Lung Complications Common in Patients With SARS-CoV-2

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Pulmonary complications found in 51.2 percent of patients; 30-day mortality 38 percent in these patients
COVID-19 patients with hypertension have increased mortality risk

COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Those Not Taking Meds for Their HTN

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Mortality similar with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor, non-RAAS inhibitor for HTN

American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29-June 2

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The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was held virtually...
Francis Collins

NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine

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Name of campaign -- 'Operation Warp Speed' -- does not mean corners will be cut on safety
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 June 1 to 5

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

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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...
For patients with hip fracture

Pneumonia Risk Down With Nitrogen-Containing Bisphosphonates

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Reductions in risk for pneumonia and pneumonia mortality seen among patients with hip fracture
States that expanded Medicaid had a greater decrease in age-adjusted cancer mortality than those that did not

ASCO: Drop in Cancer Mortality Greater With Medicaid Expansion

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Estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 in states that expanded Medicaid