Internal Medicine Alert – June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020

• Public Health Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Spread

  After studying the association of public health interventions with the epidemiological features of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, the authors found nonpharmaceutical interventions may be associated with better outbreak control.

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• Masking Our Anxiety

  Weighing the pros and cons of wearing a face covering in public.

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• Coronary CT Angiography to Identify Plaque Stabilization

  Researchers identified subjects with no known coronary artery disease drawn from a large international, multicenter registry of coronary CT angiography. The authors demonstrated those with a high density of calcium plaques experienced the fewest events, suggesting high-density calcium plaques are stable.

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• Brief, Targeted Intervention to Stop Smoking

  A one-minute intervention giving facts about the health impact of smoking was presented to men waiting to be seen in Hong Kong emergency rooms. At a six-month follow-up, investigators found a significantly higher abstinence rate in the intervention group.

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• Remdesivir Injection

  Under a federal emergency authorization, remdesivir can be used to treat suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in children or adults who are hospitalized with severe disease.

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• How Can This Patient Be Stable?

  The ECG in the figure was obtained from a young adult who presented to the emergency department with palpitations, but who otherwise was hemodynamically stable. What is the diagnosis?

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