3M Respirator & Filters for COVID: 7500 vs 6000 vs 6800 Series Face Masks

Today is Saturday, June 20 of 2020 for historical context (ADDENDUM: this page has been updated numerous times to facilitate the best possible information for you). It is now pretty easy for us to purchase our own 3M respirator for when we take care of COVID patients. They're available on Amazon with a bit of …

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Dexamethasone in COVID-19: Improving Survival

ADDENDUM 1/5/22: We have now been using dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients who require oxygen since summer of 2020. We have been mostly stuck on using the dose of 6mg per day in these patients simply because that's what the great authors of the RECOVERY trial group did. This isn't a dig at them, they did …

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Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Patients

YouTube and Instagram sensation David Convissar, MD, (aka @countbackwardsfrom10) had his paper on Lung Ultrasound During the Coronavirus Pandemic published. It's online as of just a few days ago in Anesthesia and Analgesia. He knows quite a bit about COVID from personal experience. He shared his journey, from learning he had contracted the virus to …

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Corticosteroids for COVID

Some legendary names came out to play for this article regarding corticosteroids in COVID-19. Meduri is the author of the famous Meduri Protocol for methylprednisolone in ARDS and Villar is the author of the article I shared on February 13th (seems like forever ago, really) where they provided dexamethasone for ARDS and showed a mortality …

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VTE Prophylaxis or Anticoagulation in COVID: Visiting the Guidelines

If you continue reading on this page, you'll note that I have attempted to tackle the whole conundrum of anticoagulation in COVID patient with the pendulum swinging. My first post on the matter was back on 4/6/20 (when this post was initially created) and the second was on 4/12/20. My attempts to keep modifying my …

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