Hospital Medicine
- SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questions
What is the mechanism? Is this a distinct population? What are the treatment options?
- Management of patients with COVID-19 in the MICU
The main goals are to ensure caregiver safety and provide the highest quality care.
- Coagulopathy in COVID-19: Manifestations and management
Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism is recommended for all patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
- Thoracic imaging in COVID-19
Typical findings include bilateral multifocal parenchymal opacities, predominantly in the peripheral and lower zones.
- Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment
Patients with alcohol use disorder are at increased risk for Streptococcus pneumoniae but not resistant gram-negative infections.
- Perioperative infection: Are we sure what to focus on?
Which immunosuppressive drugs pose the greater danger in the perioperative period: the newer biologics or corticosteroids?
- Liposuction: Concepts, safety, and techniques in body-contouring surgery
In addition to its purely aesthetic uses, liposuction is an important adjunct in reconstructive surgery.
- COVID-19 Curbside Consults at www.CCJM.org
These are tough times. This is a wicked disease. But healthcare providers are stepping up.