The fatal trajectory of pulmonary COVID-19 is driven by lobular ischemia and fibrotic remodelling

Abstract: Background: COVID-19 is characterized by a heterogeneous clinical presentation, ranging from mild symptoms to severe courses of disease. 9-20% of hospitalized patients with severe lung disease die from COVID-19…

Severe mental illness, race/ethnicity, multimorbidity and mortality following COVID-19 infection: nationally representative cohort study

…to die from COVID-19 compared with White people (aHR = 1.22, 95% CI 1.12-1.34), with similar associations in the SMI group and non-SMI group (P for interaction = 0.73). Following…

How to Talk to Your Doctor

…years of repeated visits to really understand many of my chronic disease patients. The best care happens when a doctor understands the patient and the patient understands the doctor. This…

Long COVID: A proposed hypothesis-driven model of viral persistence for the pathophysiology of the syndrome

…A proposed hypothesis-driven model of viral persistence for the pathophysiology of the syndrome. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2022 May 1;43(3):187-193. doi: 10.2500/aap.2022.43.220018. PMID: 35524358. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35524358/ https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ocean/aap/2022/00000043/00000003/art00003;jsessionid=pp9ea7gev7kv.x-ic-live-01# (Full text available as download)…

Intravenous immunoglobulin as an important adjunct in the prevention and therapy of coronavirus 2019 disease

…an important adjunct in the prevention and therapy of coronavirus 2019 disease. Scand J Immunol. 2021 Nov;94(5):e13101. doi: 10.1111/sji.13101. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34940980; PMCID: PMC8646640. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8646640/ (Full text)…

Dysautonomia in Children with Post-Acute Sequelae of Coronavirus 2019 Disease and/or Vaccination

…pharmacotherapy. Source: Buchhorn R. Dysautonomia in Children with Post-Acute Sequelae of Coronavirus 2019 Disease and/or Vaccination. Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Oct 9;10(10):1686. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10101686. PMID: 36298551; PMCID: PMC9607162. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607162/ (Full text)…