COVID-19 and the liver


Authors: Dinesh Jothimani, Radhika Venugopal,∗Mohammed Forhad Abedin, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, and Mohamed Rela J Hepatol. 2020 Nov; 73(5): 1231–1240.Published online 2020 Jun 15. doi: 10.1016/j. jhep.2020.06.006PMCID: PMC7295524PMID: 32553666 Abstract The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the…[...]

Colchicine: A Possible COVID-19 Long haul Cardiac Therapy


Last Updated: December 16, 2021 Last Updated: December 16, 2021 Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat a variety of conditions, including gout, recurrent pericarditis, and familial Mediterranean fever.1 Recently,…[...]

The Role of Colchicine in Pericardial Syndromes


Authors: George Lazaros 1, Massimo Imazio 2, Antonio Brucato 3, Charalambos Vlachopoulos 1, Emilia Lazarou 1, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos 4, Dimitris Tousoulis 1PMID: 29336245 DOI: 10.2174/1381612824666180116101823 Curr Pharm Des . 2018;24(6):702-709. doi: 10.2174/1381612824666180116101823. Abstract Background: Colchicine is an old drug originally employed for the treatment of inflammatory disorders…[...]

Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19


Authors:Rajesh Kumar1, Jathinder Kumar1, Caroline Daly and Sadat Ali Edroos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-63502 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a highly contagious viral illness which conventionally manifests primarily with respiratory symptoms. We report a case whose first…[...]

Colchicine Treatment for Recurrent Pericarditis


A Decade of Experience Authors: Y. Adler, Y. Finkelstein, J. Guindo, A. Rodriguez de la Serna, Y. Shoenfeld, A. Bayes-Genis, A. Sagie, A. Bayes de Luna and D. H. SpodickOriginally published2 Jun 1998 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.97.21.2183 Circulation. 1998;97:2183–2185 Abstract Background—The most…[...]

Does COVID-19 Cause Hypertension?


Authors: Mahmut Akpek, MD  December 10, 2021 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197211053903 Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak remains a major public health challenge worldwide. The present study investigated the effect of COVID-19…[...]

Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19


Authors: Marta Głowacka, Sara Lipka, Ewelina Młynarska,*Beata Franczyk, and Jacek RyszHajime Nagasu, Academic Editor Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Aug; 22(15): 8081.Published online 2021 Jul 28. doi: 10.3390/ijms22158081 PMCID: PMC8347536PMID: 34360866 Abstract COVID-19 is mainly considered a respiratory illness,…[...]

COVID-19 vaccination followed by activation of glomerular diseases: does association equal causation?


Authors: Nicholas L. Li,1P. Toby Coates,2 and Brad H. Rovin1,∗ Kidney Int. 2021 Nov; 100(5): 959–965.Published online 2021 Sep 14. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.09.002 PMCID: PMC8437826PMID: 34534551 To date, >4 billion doses of the various severe acute respiratory syndrome…[...]

Electrocardiographic Changes in COVID-19 Patients: A Hospital-based Descriptive Study


Authors: Deepalakshmi Kaliyaperumal,1Kumar Bhargavi,2Karthikeyan Ramaraju,3Krishna S Nair,4Sudha Ramalingam,5 and Murali Alagesan6 Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan; 26(1): 43–48.doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24045PMCID:  PMC8783240PMID: 35110843 Abstract Background Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection is a multisystem disease not restricted…[...]

Five months post-covid, Nicole Murphy’s heart rate is still doing strange things


Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha February 21, 2022 The Washington Post Five months after being infected with the coronavirus, Nicole Murphy’s pulse rate is going berserk. Normally in the 70s, which…[...]