Authors: Rita Rubin, MA‘ For 32-year-old Hanna Lockman of Louisville, Kentucky, it all started March 12. She was at work when she suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her chest. “It just […]
The Problem of ‘Long Haul’ COVID
More and more patients are dealing with major symptoms that linger for months Authors: By Carolyn Barber on December 29, 2020 It was just a couple of months into the pandemic when patients […]
More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Sandra Lopez-Leon, Talia Wegman-Ostrosky, Carol Perelman, Rosalinda Sepulveda, Paulina A. ebolledo, Angelica Cuapio & Sonia Villapol Abstract COVID-19 can involve persistence, sequelae, and other medical complications that last weeks to months after initial recovery. This […]
Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)—A Systemic Review and Comparison of Clinical Presentation and Symptomatology
Authors: Timothy L. Wong* and Danielle J. Weitzer Abstract Background and Objectives: Long COVID defines a series of chronic symptoms that patients may experience after resolution of acute COVID-19. Early reports from studies […]
Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19
Authors: Pierre Kory, MD,1,*Gianfranco Umberto Meduri, MD,2Joseph Varon, MD,3Jose Iglesias, DO,4 and Paul E. Marik, MD5 Background: After COVID-19 emerged on U.S shores, providers began reviewing the emerging basic science, translational, and […]
Pathological findings in organs and tissues of patients with COVID-19: A systematic review
Authors: Sasha Peiris, Hector Mesa, Agnes Aysola, Juan Manivel, Joao Toledo, Marcio Borges-Sa, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ludovic Reveiz Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has […]
Can we predict the severe course of COVID-19 – a systematic review and meta-analysis of indicators of clinical outcome?
Authors: Stephan Katzenschlager ,Alexandra J. Zimmer ,Claudius Gottschalk, Jürgen Grafeneder,Stephani Schmitz, Sara Kraker, Marlene Ganslmeier, Amelie Muth, Alexander Seitel, Lena Maier-Hein, Andrea Benedetti, Jan Larmann, Markus A. Weigand, Sean McGrath , Claudia M. […]
Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: A review
Authors: Ya-Dong Gao 1, Mei Ding 1 2, Xiang Dong 1, Jin-Jin Zhang 1, Ahmet Kursat Azkur 3, Dilek Azkur 4, Hui Gan 1, Yuan-Li Sun 1, Wei Fu 1, Wei Li 1, Hui-Ling Liang 1, Yi-Yuan Cao 5, Qi Yan 6, Can Cao 1, Hong-Yu Gao 6, Marie-Charlotte Brüggen 7 8 9, Willem van de Veen 2, Milena Sokolowska 2, Mübeccel Akdis 2, Cezmi A Akdis 2 Abstract The pandemic of […]
Late Complications of COVID-19; a Systematic Review of Current Evidence
Authors: SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi,1Amir Masoud Afsahi,2Mehrzad MohsseniPour,1Farzane Behnezhad,3Mohammad Amin Salehi,1Alireza Barzegary,4Pegah Mirzapour,1Esmaeil Mehraeen,5,* and Omid Dadras6 Introduction Introduction: COVID-19 is a new rapidly spreading epidemic. The symptoms of this disease could be diverse […]
Better Anticoagulated Than Not! Hypercoagulability in COVID-19
Authors: Dhauna P. Karam, MD1 Incidence of thrombotic complications in patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill is high, with an estimated incidence of 31% for arterial or venous thromboembolism […]