As the public is ordered to stay home to flatten the curve, healthcare systems are tasked to ‘raise the line’ by increasing staffing, adding beds, and moving to a telehealth model to keep patients out of hospitals. Clinicians who are not on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response are...
All new patients are required to go through an initial consultation and exam to determine the severity of their condition and whether or not acupuncture is an appropriate treatment modality. Once a medical assessment and diagnostic tests are completed, we put together a treatment plan appropriate for...
Objective The purpose of our study was to explore the challenges in hematologic oncology caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia. Design A survey was conducted at the only hematology institution in Armenia, Hematology Center after Prof. R.H. Yeolyan. Chairs of pediatric and adult hematology...
(such as lymphadenitis and skin infections), surgical biopsies are needed and tissue excision is effective in treating a localized disease. The patient’s readiness and willingness to start treatment are also of paramount importance. Patient involvement in the decisional process is essential, given ...
Lesley Stahl: So we had COVID. Lots and lots of people gained weight. Did those people have a new set point that's higher now? Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford: Absolutely. So when you have a chronic stressor and you get to a certain weight and maintain that weight for, let's say, at le...
She recently was treating an older woman (not a COVID-19 patient) whose daughter wasn’t able to visit her. (With rare exception, hospital officials aren’t allowing family visits, to stop the spread of the coronavirus.) Mary Beth arranged a FaceTime call between the patient and her...
Yasuo Terauchi noted that many of his patients struggled to control their blood glucose levels during the first wave of COVID-19. Riding the first wave Diabetes patients in Canada and Japan faced similar challenges during the first wave. Yasuo Terauchi, a professor at the Department of Endocrinol...
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Additional drugs that may be used in the treatment of a COVID patient include, but are not limited to favipiravir, fingolimod (Gilenya), methylprednisolone, bevacizumab (Avastin), Actemra (tocilizumab), umifenovir, losartan and the monoclonal antibody combination of REGN3048 and REGN3051 or ribavir...
3.The method of claim 2, wherein the patient is a COVID-19 patient with severe hypoxemia at risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). 4.The method of claim 2, wherein the patient is a COVID-19 patient with ARDS onset. 5.The method of claim 2 or 4, wherein the antibody...