COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

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Cardiac MRI reveals that even competitive athletes are subject to reduced cardiac function after COVID

Compared to healthy controls, the COVID group displayed significantly worse global and segmental circumferential systolic strain.

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CDC eases COVID-19 guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has loosened COVID-19 guidelines, citing “significantly less risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death.”

Whole-body PET image reveals body's immune response to COVID

In the study, patients who had recovered from an COVID infection were injected with a small amount of the 89Zr-labeled radiotracer before undergoing a uExplorer PET/CT scan.

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These CT findings increase risk of thromboembolic events for patients with COVID pneumonia

Authors of the new paper noted that radiologists should be highly suspicious of pulmonary embolism and DVT when they encounter these findings on chest CT exams of COVID patients.

COVID-19 medical imaging examples of various clinical presentations. SARS-CoV-2 clinical imaging presentations.

PHOTO GALLERY: What does COVID-19 look like on medical imaging?

This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 virus that have been documented during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Experts concede that 'overly optimistic' AI imaging studies do not translate to clinical practice

An interpretable AI tool that detects COVID-19 on chest radiographs underwhelmed researchers in a recent analysis published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. 

House votes to extend telehealth benefits

The bill, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022, extends telehealth flexibilities under Medicare that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19.

Cardiologist’s false claims used to promote fake COVID-19 vaccine recall, fact-checking website says

Footage of the cardiologist, who has gained significant popularity for speaking out against the U.S. government's response to COVID-19, is now being used to promote claims about a global recall.