Apr 29, 2020
Contributor: Don Stader, MD
Educational Pearls:
- COVID-19 is diagnosed with a nasopharyngeal swab (q-tip). This unfortunately can be painful, but if the swab doesn’t go deep into the nasal cavity the sample can be inadequate leading to false negatives (missed infections).
- The sensitivity of the COVID-19 RT PCR...
Apr 28, 2020
Contributor: Eric Miller, MD
Educational Pearls:
- A cell count is performed on tubes 1 and 4 to account for changes that may occur from blood entering the first sample from the needle insertion
- Tube 2 and 3 are usually used for the other studies like protein levels, glucose levels and gram staining
- Protein levels are...
Apr 27, 2020
Contributor: Don Stader, MD
Educational Pearls:
- When do we give antiplatelet drugs or anti-coagulation drugs?
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- Arterial issues get antiplatelet therapy
- Venous issues, or slow flow states, get anticoagulation therapy.
- High flow areas (arteries) are more prone to platelet clotting while the venous system is more prone...
Apr 26, 2020
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Apr 23, 2020
Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that many patients with COVID have neurological symptoms and that some may even present with neurologic manifestations of the disease. Most COVID patients have a cough, respiratory distress, and while clinicians often speak about how similar the presentations of patients with...