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COVID-19 Is Infecting Our Clinical Acumen

Authors: A. Jain, MD, L. Chisick, MD, FRCPC

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 9/2020

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You are standing in Mr. Smith’s room, with two feet of space on either side of his hospital bed, trying to get a history from this ill 70-year-old man before you examine him. He’s diaphoretic and appears septic. You see his scalenes working, desperately tugging at his ribcage to keep up with his respiratory effort. His vitals on the bedside display tell you his heart rate is ticking along at 130 beats per minute. His blood pressure is slightly lower than makes you comfortable. He coughs. …

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Title: COVID-19 Is Infecting Our Clinical Acumen
Authors: A. Jain, MD
L. Chisick, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05997-7

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