We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss special populations including

• Homeless individuals - Baggett et al
• Racial disparities - African-Americans / Blacks disproportionately contracting SARS-CoV-2 and dying Yancy CW
• Healthcare workers with COVID-19 Heinzerling et al (CDC) and MMWR and Ng et al

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.17.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss testing issues

• Asymptomatic obstetric patients in NYC (Sutton et al. )
• Effects of narrow screening criteria (Wee et al)

And hydroxychloroquine updates

• More data without a comparator from the Raoult group (only published as abstract and table)
• Retrospective study with propensity matching (Mahévas et al)

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.14.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss outcomes from NYU

• Petrilli et al [pre-print]

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.12.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, Dr. Rory Spiegel (@EMNerd_) and I discuss risk stratification tools in COVID-19

• Zhou et al.
• Gong et al

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.10.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss the NEJM article by Grien et al on the compassionate use of remdesivir in COVID-19

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.10.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rory Spiegel (EMNerd) and discuss what we are seeing in COVID-19 and various theories.

• Atypical ARDS picture

• HAPE: Solaimanzadeh

• Hemoglobinopathy-type of picture: Liu et al

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.5.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rory Spiegel (EMNerd) and discuss the ROX index predicting failure of HFNC and any applicability to COVID-19

• Derivation: Roca O, Messika J, Caralt B, et al. Predicting success of high-flow nasal cannula in pneumonia patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure: The utility of the ROX index. J Crit Care. 2016;35:200-5.

• Roca O, Caralt B, Messika J, et al. An Index Combining Respiratory Rate and Oxygenation to Predict Outcome of Nasal High-Flow Therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;199(11):1368-1376.

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.5.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we discuss emerging evidence for high flow nasal cannula

• Wang et al. Ann Intensive Care. 2020 10(37)

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.3.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we discuss the theory (there is no great evidence) of hypercoagulability in severe COVID-19

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 4.2.20

We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we cover

• The Brescia-COVID Respiratory Severity Scale (BCRSS) / Algorithm
• ICU outcomes in Washington State - Bhatraju et al.

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

Recorded 3.31.20