Psychological Health Among Gastroenterologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The study authors aimed to estimate the prevalence and critical determinants of
psychological distress among gastroenterologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Deciding Which Patients Get Treatment First
Medical ethicist David J. Alfandre, MD, MS, addresses the quandary of deciding who gets priority in the allocation of healthcare resources, an issue of particular relevance today now that COVID-19 vaccinations are underway.
Expert Roundtable: Physician Burnout During COVID-19
Monisha Sharma, PhD, and Charlene Dewey, MD, provide insight into the current landscape that leads to physician burnout and the next steps to combat it.
Expressive Writing and Mindful Meditation Help Physicians Cope With Pandemic-related Stress
For the past two months, physicians, nurses and occupational therapists at the University Hospital of North Tees in England have engaged in atypical activities. Every three weeks, they trade their masks, gloves and stethoscopes for a pen—and write about their thoughts, memories and feelings. The two-hour online sessions, led by Siobhan Campbell, a senior lecturer…
GI Symptoms Common in Patients With Cancer and COVID-19
Investigators evaluated the prevalence and severity of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19 and cancer who were hospitalized during the study period.
Factors Contributing to Increased COVID-19 Risk in Blacks, Hispanics With Chronic Liver Diseases
A team of investigators sought to determine the impact of social and economic inequities on racial and ethnic minority individuals with chronic liver disease and COVID-19.
US Supply of COVID-19 Therapeutics Seems Stable, for Now
In September, as doctors prepared for a fall and winter COVID-19 surge across the U.S., they sounded alarms about inadequate supplies of the antiviral medication remdesivir to treat their patients. But that supply concern seems to have been addressed: Gilead, remdesivir’s U.S. manufacturer, confirmed that they are “meeting real-time, global demand” in an email to…
Post-COVID-19 Recovery, Patients May Still Carry SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Investigators retested RT-PCR positive nasal/oropharyngeal swab samples from recovered COVID-19 patients with prior negative results to assess the presence of replicative SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
Genetic Factors Contribute to Severe COVID-19 With Respiratory Failure
In this genomewide association study, researchers analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients from 7 hospitals in the pandemic epicenters in Italy and Spain.
Patients With CRC, Other Common Cancers Have Increased Risk for COVID-19 Infection
Risk for COVID-19 elevated for individuals with recent cancer diagnosis; those with cancer and COVID-19 have worse outcomes
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