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A quarter century ago, hospitalists didn t exist. Now, these specialists in hospital medicine are managing the care of countless North American patients with COVID-19. They ve learned plenty over the past 10 months, and five from across the country shared pro tips with
MedPage Today about providing optimal care.
Watch Out for Atypical Presentations
Physicians are taught that common things are common simple diagnoses are usually correct, said Benji Mathews, MD, a HealthPartners physician and chief of hospital medicine at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. But COVID is different, he said. If you hear hoofbeats, you are more likely to see a horse, unless you are in an evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Then it may be a zebra, said Mathews. Try to think of COVID-19 manifestations in the differential for patients with atypical manifestations of common disease.