Clinical

This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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Trump administration to end funding for COVID-19 testing sites

The Trump administration is planning to cut funding for 13 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites at a time when cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to skyrocket, Politico reported.

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CMS forms independent commission for COVID-19 response in nursing homes

CMS has announced the members of the independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes, as the agency is seeking an independent review and assessment of what happened at nursing homes across the countries when COVID-19 hit.

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Hospitals are already treating COVID-19 patients with common steroid

Hospitals in the U.S. are already using dexamethasone, a commonly known steroid that’s readily available and inexpensive, to treat COVID-19 patients without waiting for confirmation of preliminary results from a British study that found the drug can greatly improve survival.

Significant portion of COVID-19 may be asymptomatic

Between 40% and 45% of COVID-19 infections could be in people who display no symptoms of the illness, according to an analysis by Scripps Research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Cleveland Clinic develops first risk prediction model for COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have created the first risk prediction model that allows healthcare providers to find the likelihood of an individual patient testing positive for COVID—19, as well as possible outcomes from the virus.

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First drug found to improve COVID-19 survival

A commonly known steroid drug has been found to greatly improve survival for COVID-19 patients. In fact, among severe patients, the steroid, Dexamethasone, reduced the number of deaths by one-third in a study conducted by the University of Oxford.

FDA says hydroxychloroquine unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19

The FDA has revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 hospital patients, determining that the controversial drug was “unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19.”

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Machine learning predicts drug cardiotoxicity

Machine learning is playing a key role in predicting all major forms of drug cardiotoxicity, potentially helping reduce late-stage clinical trial failures.

Around the web

In the post-COVID era, wages for permanent RNs are rising, and wages for travelers are decreasing. A new report tracked these trends and more. 

Two medical device companies have announced a transaction that could shake up the U.S. electrophysiology market. 

These companies were already part of the Johnson & Johnson family, but they had still retained their previous brand names. Now, each one is officially going by Johnson & Johnson MedTech. 

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