April 2, 2021 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
4.9 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
COVID-19, long-COVID, the language of medicine, childhood obesity, and open notes are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
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COVID-19
AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine: Clotting Disorder Mechanism Revealed?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948560
Long COVID
Long COVID Brings Welcome Attention to POTS
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948174
Keep Both 'Renal' and 'Nephro' in Glossary of Kidney Disease
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948451
'Striking' Increase in Childhood Obesity During Pandemic
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948350
COVID-19 and Changes in Child Obesity. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/03/01/peds.2021-050123
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5 Key Things https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948508
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart.org on medscape. |
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| 0:38.7 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is this week in |
| 0:45.8 | Cardiology for April 2nd 2021. |
| 0:50.6 | This week COVID, long COVID, the language of medicine, trade-offs, and open notes. |
| 1:00.4 | I walked through our ICU yesterday and saw just one name on the board that was written |
| 1:05.2 | and read, signifying a COVID-19 positive patient, one. |
| 1:11.0 | But I realize that COVID is a regional problem. The state of Michigan, the city of Paris, and the country of Brazil continues to struggle with the virus. |
| 1:20.0 | There was vaccine news this week. On the positive side, the hospitalization curve from Israel continues to plummet lower, and this seems important because it provides real world confirmation of the vaccine trials. And secondly, the Pfizer |
| 1:36.4 | vaccine trial in 12 to 15-year-olds was reported as extremely favorable, though |
| 1:41.4 | it was just a press release. |
| 1:44.1 | But on the negative side, journalist Sue Hughes has news coverage of an European Medicines Association, |
| 1:50.1 | EMA Press Conference, on reports of clotting disorders occurring shortly after the |
| 1:55.5 | AstraZeneca vaccine. |
| 1:58.3 | Quote, EMA is of the view that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine in preventing |
| 2:04.3 | COVID-19 with its associated risk of hospitalization and death outweigh the |
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