Internal Medicine Alert – July 15, 2024

July 15, 2024

• Summer Travel: News Clinicians (and Their Patients) Can Use

  The pandemic has waned. Summer vacation has arrived. Airports are crowded. Planes are full. New science can guide us as we and our patients travel this season.

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• Being Mindful of COVID’s Effects on Cognitive Decline

  A large observational study finds objective evidence of lingering cognitive deficits associated with past COVID-19 infection, particularly in patients infected early in the pandemic, those hospitalized, or those with prolonged illness duration.

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• Imetelstat Injection (Rytelo)

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-in-class telomerase inhibitor for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome with transfusion-dependent anemia.

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• How Do the Rhythm and 12-Lead Go Together?

  The patient whose electrocardiogram (ECG) is shown presented for care because of chest pain. Looking at this ECG, can you determine why?

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