Troponin and Other Biomarker Levels and Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized with COVID‐19: Derivation and Validation of the HA2T2 COVID‐19 Mortality Risk Score – Journal of the American Heart Association Commentary on Twitter Predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with #COVID19 using the simple HA2T2 (hypoxia, age and troponin) score. https://t.co/FTDceIijZl @KevinManocha @bradpeltzer @MonikaSafford @ParagGoyalMD @JAHA_AHA @WeillCornell […]
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#241 Chronic Cough – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Current and evolving standards of care for patients with ARDS – Annals of Intensive Care Commentary on Twitter #ARDS current & evolving standards of care➡️ definition 10y after Berlin ➡️ MV: P/volume limits; PEEP & recruitment; spontaneous breathing➡️ adjuncts: proning; NMBAs; iNO; #ECMO➡️ pharmacotherapy: steroids; fluids; specific agents➡️ #COVID19#FOAMcc https://t.co/rXGsAs2M4D pic.twitter.com/6FRWXtBiME — Intens Care […]
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Prognostic Utility of Right Ventricular Remodeling Over Conventional Risk Stratification in Patients With COVID-19 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology Commentaries: Utility of RV Remodeling Over Risk Stratification in COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology AND Damage to heart’s right ventricle predicts a greater chance of death from COVID-19 – Weill Cornell Medical […]
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Aspirin to be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the RECOVERY trial – University of Oxford Commentary: Aspirin to be tested as potential COVID-19 drug in UK study – Reuters
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Characterization of Myocardial Injury in Patients With COVID-19 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology Commentary: Study identifies cardiac structural damage experienced by COVID-19 patients – Mount Sinai Health System / News Medical
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Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Editorial: Misguided Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: The Infusion of Politics Into Science Commentary: Hydroxychloroquine does not benefit adults hospitalized with COVID-19 – NIH News Releases
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News Release: Pfizer and Biontech announce vaccine candidate against Covid-19 achieved success in first interim analysis from phase 3 study Commentaries: What Pfizer’s landmark COVID vaccine results mean for the pandemic – Nature AND Covid-19: Vaccine candidate may be more than 90% effective, interim results indicate – The BMJ AND Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine […]
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Advanced Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: JACC Focus Seminar – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free for a limited period) Podcast: Advanced Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: JACC Focus Seminar
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Postmortem lungs of COVID-19 patients show massive damage- CIDRAP Original article: Persistence of viral RNA, pneumocyte syncytia and thrombosis are hallmarks of advanced COVID-19 pathology – EBioMedicine
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