REBEL Cast Ep100: REVVED UP – COVID-19 Vaccination in the ED
August 23, 2021
Background: COVID-19 is now a vaccine preventable illness but, unfortunately, many have not received the COVID-19 vaccine due to a number of reasons including access,...
Marco Torres
COVID-19 and Anticoagulation: Full Dose or Prophylactic Dose?
August 16, 2021
Background: Patients with COVID-19 are at a high risk for the development of venous thromboembolic disease [Link is HERE]. Alveolar capillary microthrombi appear to be...
RECOVERY Trial: The REGN-COV Antibody Cocktail in COVID19
June 24, 2021
Background: Antibodies targeted at the SARS-CoV2 spike protein are an essential part of the body’s immune response to COVID19 infection. Infection with SARS-CoV2 stimulates the...
COV-BARRIER: Baricitinib in Hospitalized Adults with COVID19
June 14, 2021
Background: Outside of vaccines, effective pharmaceuticals for COVID19 continue to be evasive. Steroids have been a success (in patients who require supplemental O2) leading to...
From Emergency Medicine to Hostage Negotiation
May 31, 2021
Earlier this year, my home shop began administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to patients in the emergency department (ED). Thirteen years of experience...
LIVE-AIR Trial: What the Heck is Lenzilumab?
May 27, 2021
Background: We have all seen the wide spectrum of illness caused by COVID-19 ranging from asymptomatic disease on one extreme all the way up to...
Dexamethasone vs Methylprednisolone in ICU Patients with COVID19
May 13, 2021
Background Information: Over one year into the pandemic many therapies to treat COVID-19 have targeted innumerable aspects of the virus. Most recently, the use of...
EM Quick Hits 28 Cardiogenic Shock, Radiation Dose in Pregnancy, PoCUS in Airway Management, VIPIT, Angiotensin II, Short-Term Steroid Safety
May 4, 2021
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on the approach to cardiogenic shock, Hania Bielawska on the myths of radiation dose in pregnant...
Anton Helman
GLUCOCOVID: A Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone in COVID-19 Pneumonia
April 5, 2021
Background Information: The use of corticosteroids in patients with pneumonia secondary to COVID-19 has been a controversially hot topic, particularly early on in the pandemic....
Data from Israel on the BNT162b2 (Pfizer) mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
March 30, 2021
Background: COVID-19 vaccination is ramping up both in the US as well as throughout the world. Randomized clinical trials looking at the efficacy of the...
Data from Israel in Health-Care Workers Vaccinated with 1st Dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
March 28, 2021
Background: Israel has succeeded in ramping up its vaccination program faster than any nation in the world. In December 2020, Israel began a national immunization...