
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Ventilatory Management for COVID-Related Respiratory Failure
Management of COVID-19-related respiratory failure differs from what is necessary for ARDS. Rather than having alveolar edema, COVID-19 patients have pulmonary vascular dysregulation. Gas exchange is ...
24 Huhti 202026min

Parkinson Disease Information for Patients
More than 6 million people worldwide have Parkinson disease. Even though it is classically associated with tremors, the disease has many manifestations and is very treatable for most patients. Michael...
14 Huhti 202015min

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Reusing Face Masks and N95 Respirators
Shortages of face masks and N95 respirators have forced clinicians and hospitals to reuse these normally disposable items. Ron Shaffer, PhD, former CDC PPE Research Branch Chief, discusses effective s...
8 Huhti 202040min

Treating Pediatric Eczema
Eczema is extremely common in children. Most the time it is easily treated with topical steroids but on occasion it requires systemic therapies. JAMA Pediatrics Editor Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, and...
7 Huhti 20207min

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Safe Shopping at Stores and Pharmacies
Food and medicine shopping is essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, but requires getting out and standing close to strangers at a time when social distancing and sheltering-in-place are recommended ...
3 Huhti 202019min

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update: PCR Testing and Shortages
The lack of availability of COVID-19 testing has interfered with the ability to contain the spread of disease. Omai Garner, PhD, laboratory director for Clinical Microbiology in the UCLA health system...
27 Maalis 202031min

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Lessons Learned From The 2003 SARS Outbreak
In 2003, Toronto was the North American center for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The disease spread through the city's hospitals before anyone knew what was happening. Dr Allison McGeer wa...
25 Maalis 202038min

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update: How the VA Is Preparing
As COVID-19 spreads, clinicians and health systems are struggling to prepare for a surge of patients. Richard Stone, MD, the US Veterans Health Administration's Executive in Charge, spoke with JAMA ab...
25 Maalis 202017min














