What Does COVID Do to Your Blood?


Authors: Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S., Robert Brodsky, M.D. COVID-19 is a very complex illness. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 attacks the body in many different ways, ranging from mild to…[...]

How To Increase Platelet Count In COVID Patients? What Is Thrombocytopenia?


Authors: Ananya Varma Platelets are said to play an important role in inflammatory signalling. Here is why it is important to keep a check of Platelet count in COVID patients.  Given…[...]

Thrombocytopenia following Pfizer and Moderna SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination


Authors: Eun‐Ju Lee, 1 Douglas B. Cines, 2 Terry Gernsheimer, 3 Craig Kessler, 4 Marc Michel, 5 Michael D. Tarantino, 6 John W. Semple, 7 Donald M. Arnold, 8 Bertrand Godeau, 5 Michele P. Lambert, 9 , 10 and James B. Bussel 11 Cases of apparent secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) after SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination…[...]

Platelets Promote Thromboinflammation in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia


Authors: Francesco Taus, Gianluca Salvagno, Stefania Canè, Cristiano Fava, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Elena Carrara, Varvara Petrova, Roza Maria Barouni, Francesco Dima, Andrea Dalbeni, Simone Romano, Abstract Objective: Pulmonary thrombosis is observed in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pneumonia. Aim was…[...]

Platelet Gene Expression and Function in COVID-19 Patients


Authors: Bhanu Kanth Manne (University of Utah, United States) Frederik Denorme (Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, United States), Elizabeth Middleton (University of Utah, United States), Irina Portier (University of…[...]

SARS-CoV-2 binds platelet ACE2 to enhance thrombosis in COVID-19


Authors: Si Zhang 1, Yangyang Liu 2, Xiaofang Wang 2, Li Yang 3, Haishan Li 4, Yuyan Wang 5, Mengduan Liu 2, Xiaoyan Zhao 2, Youhua Xie 5, Yan Yang 6, Shenghui Zhang 7, Zhichao Fan 8, Jianzeng Dong 2, Zhenghong Yuan 5, Zhongren Ding 2, Yi Zhang 9, Liang Hu 10 Abstract Background: Critically ill patients diagnosed with COVID-19 may develop a pro-thrombotic…[...]

Bell’s Palsy after second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with history of recurrent Bell’s palsy


Authors: Michael Repajic,a Xue Lei Lai,a Prissilla Xu,b and Antonio Liua,∗ Abstract Objective To report a patient with history of recurrent Bell’s Palsy who developed Bell’s Palsy 36 ​h after the administration of the second…[...]