coronavirus
Billing for COVID-19 Care
In unprecedented crisis of COVID-19, the first instinct is to triage our activities, often weeding out the ones ...
MAY 11, 2020
Palliative Care’s Evolving Guidelines During the COVID-19 Crisis
During the COVID-19 crisis, palliative care clinicians are sharing their expertise with hospital-based specialists. ...
MAY 8, 2020
WHO: No Evidence of Bad Outcomes From NSAID Use in COVID-19 Patients
There is no evidence of adverse events when patients with COVID-19 take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ...
MAY 4, 2020
COVID-19 Brings Cytokine Storm
Some of the most severe cases of COVID-19 appear to be linked to “cytokine release syndrome” or ...
APRIL 30, 2020
Lessons Learned From a Massive COVID-19 Training Program: Advice From Toulouse, France
From March 16 to 20, the authors' institution quadrupled the number of available ventilated ICU beds, and trained ...
APRIL 28, 2020
Sterilization Has Been a Problem for Months—Then COVID-19 Hit
For months, officials have been warning of a looming shortage in the supply of a gas used in the sterilization of ...
APRIL 22, 2020
Treating COVID-19? How to Protect Yourself and Your Family
The same rules that apply to everyone else outside a hospital—hand hygiene, not touching the face, wiping ...
APRIL 21, 2020
Abnormal Clotting and COVID-19
Abnormal clotting, apparently resulting from endothelial damage, has been described in patients with severe ...
APRIL 15, 2020
Positive Steps Perioperative Leaders Can Take to Address COVID-19
Today’s health care systems are in uncharted waters in relation to the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19.
APRIL 15, 2020
Demand for Ventilator Drugs ‘Unprecedented’
There is a danger that there won’t be enough critical sedatives, opioids and paralytic drugs to facilitate ...
APRIL 13, 2020
FDA Clears a Path for 5 Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Tests
The FDA has used its emergency use authorization process to clear five new rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests.
APRIL 11, 2020
B97.29 What in the World? A COVID-19 Coding Guide for Surgeons
The point of coding is to be as specific as possible, and, in these trying times, it is critical to be able to ...
APRIL 10, 2020
