Infectious Diseases
- Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, management, and prevention
Better diagnosis, management, and prevention are needed.
- SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questions
What is the mechanism? Is this a distinct population? What are the treatment options?
- Polypoid melanoma mistaken for verruca vulgaris
Polypoid melanoma is highly aggressive and often misdiagnosed.
- 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.
- Acute dacryocystitis
Inflammation of the lacrimal sac is related to obstruction, which can be primary or secondary.
- Rhinosinusitis and the role of imaging
Imaging should only be used in complicated sinus infections, in recurrent or chronic sinus disease, or in surgical planning.
- 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.
- Cytokines and the still-baffling clinical biology of COVID-19
The primary culprit is not certain. Is it all immune damage, or is the continued persistence of coronavirus playing a role?
- Clinical presentation and course of COVID-19
Information about the clinical presentation and course of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving.