I am fortunate to work in a hospital system that is very forward thinking. We have a phenomenal relationship with our intensivists, and I have been fortunate enough to have several discussions with them about how we are managing COVID-19 ...
Background: One of the hot topics in COVID-19 care is the mortality rate associated with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). There have been early reports of IMV having mortality rates ranging from 50 to 90%. These high rates are concerning but, ...
Background: The saga of Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 continues. We previously covered two studies of this drug on REBEL EM (Link is HERE & Link is HERE). One trial (≈200pts) showed no difference in the primary outcome of median ...
This publication has now been retracted by Lancet (June 4, 2020) Background: There is no conclusive evidence that chloroquine, or its derivative hydroxychloroquine, with or without a second-generation macrolide is effective in COVID-19 treatment or prophylaxis. Laboratory studies have shown ...
Disclaimer: This post explores some of the pathophysiologic findings in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. It explores possible mechanisms-based and posits theories BUT, this is not a clinical post. The hypothesis and findings here are not confirmed and extrapolation to management is ...
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