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In this episode I speak with Dr. Rick Pescatore, Chief Physician for Preparedness for the state of Delaware and a front-line emergency physician. While the general topic is the COVID-19 pandemic, specific issues discussed include: triage decisions, X-rays, troponin, what to do when there’s limited testing ability, antibiotics, chloroquine, viable strategies for managing homeless populations, and more. Let’s go.
Troponin in COVID
ACC Update on Troponin and BNP March 18 Link
ACC Cardiologist’s Perspective Treating COVID in China Link
Chen C, Chen C, Yan JT, Zhou N, Zhao JP, Wang DW. Analysis of myocardial
injury in patients with COVID-19 and association between concomitant
cardiovascular diseases and severity of COVID-19. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za
Zhi. 2020 Mar 6;48(0)PMID: 32141280.
Full text link (Google with translate to english)
Zhou F, Yu T, Du R, Fan G, Liu Y, Liu Z, Xiang J, Wang Y, Song B, Gu X, Guan
L, Wei Y, Li H, Wu X, Xu J, Tu S, Zhang Y, Chen H, Cao B. Clinical course and
risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a
retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Mar 11. PMID: 32171076. Full Text Link
Azithro plus Chloroquine
Gautret et al. (2020) Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID‐19: results of an open‐label non‐randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents – In Press 17 March 2020 Full Text Link
Editor-in-Chief: Rob Orman, MD
Associate Editor: Melissa Orman, MD
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Rick Pescatore, Chief Physician for Preparedness for the state of Delaware and a front-line emergency physician. While the general topic is the COVID-19 pandemic, specific issues discussed include: triage decisions, X-rays, troponin, what to do when there’s limited testing ability, antibiotics, chloroquine, viable strategies for managing homeless populations, and more. Let’s go.
Troponin in COVID
ACC Update on Troponin and BNP March 18 Link
ACC Cardiologist’s Perspective Treating COVID in China Link
Chen C, Chen C, Yan JT, Zhou N, Zhao JP, Wang DW. Analysis of myocardial
injury in patients with COVID-19 and association between concomitant
cardiovascular diseases and severity of COVID-19. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za
Zhi. 2020 Mar 6;48(0)PMID: 32141280.
Full text link (Google with translate to english)
Zhou F, Yu T, Du R, Fan G, Liu Y, Liu Z, Xiang J, Wang Y, Song B, Gu X, Guan
L, Wei Y, Li H, Wu X, Xu J, Tu S, Zhang Y, Chen H, Cao B. Clinical course and
risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a
retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Mar 11. PMID: 32171076. Full Text Link
Azithro plus Chloroquine
Gautret et al. (2020) Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID‐19: results of an open‐label non‐randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents – In Press 17 March 2020 Full Text Link
Editor-in-Chief: Rob Orman, MD
Associate Editor: Melissa Orman, MD
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