How Do COVID-19 Inpatients in the Denver Metropolitan Area Measure Up?

Background: Inpatient data for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) afflicted inpatients remain sparse. Data are needed to create accurate projections for resource consumption as the pandemic continues. Published reports of inpatient data have come from China, Italy, Singapore, and both the East and West coasts of the United States.

Cerebrovascular Accident in a High-Risk Patient During the Early Initiation Phase With Canagliflozin.

Objective: To report a case of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in a high-risk patient following initiation of canagliflozin, the first-in-class sodium-glucose-co-transporter 2 inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Case Summary: We describe a 62-year-old woman, with multiple clinical risk factors for stroke, who began canagliflozin 300 mg daily in addition to basal insulin therapy for diabetes management. The patient developed expressive aphasia 15 days following initiation of canagliflozin.

Advancements in computed tomography management of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Background: Advances in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology have allowed for reduction in radiation dosages as well as the miniaturization of CT scanner units. This has given rise to new applications for CT scanning, including point-of-care (POC) in-office and intraoperative applications.

Methods: A review of recent changes to radiological modalities as applied to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery was performed.

Coronary CT angiography findings in patients without coronary calcification.

Objective: Coronary calcification detected by CT is a marker for atherosclerotic disease with prognostic significance. However, potentially unstable plaque is characterized by a high lipid content rather than calcification, which may make detection using the calcium score difficult. To assess the prevalence and severity of atherosclerotic disease in patients without coronary calcification, we evaluated findings in patients with a normal calcium score undergoing coronary CT angiography (CTA).