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Author: Salim Rezaie

COVID-19 Acute Lung Injury: A Proposed Model (v1.0) via Farid Jalali, MD

There is a lot we still do not know when it comes to COVID-19 pathophysiology. We are learning every day, and as we navigate the waters of the unknown, there are a few that boldly dare to try and understand …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

COVID-19: Triple Antiviral Therapy & IL-1 Inhibition

Background: Current management of COVID-19 focuses on supportive care as there are yet to be robust, data driven treatments. To date, there has barely been a glimmer of hope based on published evidence, as most studies are either poor quality …

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Infectious Disease

Steroids in Septic Shock via George Willis, MD

“You’re in the emergency department, you have a patient who EMS has brought in from a nursing home…who’s excited? Right, nobody is. And they are brought in for a chief complaint of altered mental status. So they’re concerned about sepsis. …

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Infectious Disease

Helmet CPAP vs Venturi Mask in Severe Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure due to Pneumonia

Background: Although Helmet CPAP is not something commonly used in the US, I think its nice to know what other potential options there are to help patients in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. Hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (hARF) is a …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

COVID-19 Cardiovascular Literature Update

There continues to be a slew of publications coming out on a near daily basis in regard to COVID-19.  Some publications will deserve their own posts and others can really be summarized in one or two paragraphs.  In this post …

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CardiovascularInfectious Disease

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