#Lymphopenia

Does SARS-COV2 infect your immune cells during COVID-19? Let’s talk about COVID-19 caused lymphopenia in blood, and how this is different from immune suppression that you observe in other diseases

A hematology @tony_breu-style tweetorial: Why does lymphopenia occur in #COVID19?A normal WBC count and lymphopenia are seen in patients affected by COVID-19, but why it occurs has bothered me since

1/ #Lymphopenia has recently been under the spotlight with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.This is a quick #Tweetorial attempting to decypher the mechanisms behind lymphopenia, its causes and potential consequences.What is

Sam Parker 🇺🇲

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1. I figured you'd roll out the NIH/VA "study," riddled w/flaws & shortcomings:-Retrospective, not Randomized Controlled Trial. -Small study. -Not peer reviewed. -Was of already-hospitalized pts, which many clinicians feel

Starting a series on clinical Pearls I am gathering in #COVID19 patients based on experiences of many expertsWill add as we go alongFeel free to add your own observations/experiences #covidclinicalpearls

Salim R. Rezaie, MD

Rapid IgM/IgG Testing for #COVID19https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32104917 Currently RT-PCR, CT imaging and blood work parameters (i.e. ferritin, d-dimer, lymphopenia, etc…) are used to diagnose infection BUT...there are major issues with RT

Dr Gaetan Burgio, MD, PhD.

Another multi centric open label Randomized controlled clinical trial on 150 patients treated with #hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) versus standard care for #COVID19 In short: No ≠ between HCQ and non HCQ

After a week of self-isolation (with presumed mild COVID ) reading just a few of the astonishing number of #SARSCoV2 & #COVID19 papers/pre-prints in between doses of paracetamol... Some thoughts

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

This is a cautionary tale of how anti-Spike antibody may make COVID disease worse. In this study, the authors show that anti-Spike IgG made SARS-CoV disease worse by switching macrophage

A thread on Data presented in support of Itolizumab at press conference yesterdayYou can watch the conference here:(Discussion of Results starts at 29 minutes)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pWWmJKWa-qA&t=29m&feature=youtu.be My take

Proposed COVID-19 Pathophysiology [Part 2 of 3]:Enter the magnificent macrophage.What do #COVID-19 and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (#HLH) potentially have in common?...let’s continue our journey onward into the cytokine storm. First, let’s

Have been attending on inpatient service @BrighamWomens @DanaFarber this month, and on a #COVID19 "Special Pathogen Team" this past week. Amazing camaraderie and esprit de corps, really proud of these

Back to #pulmonology quick hits! Today I'll present a schema for the PULM MANIFESTATIONS OF LUPUS – all info from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pulmonary-manifestations-of-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-in-adults#H402634822 First,

In my 7 days on one of our (now 12!) non ICU #COVID19 units, I admitted 58 patients for COVID rule out, of whom 50 tested positive. Two died (DNR),

Craig Spencer MD MPH

Craig_A_Spencer

Thank you everyone for your incredible messages of support and encouragement.Many of you asked what it was like in the ER right now. I want to share a bit with

virus no secuenciado ni aislado ni purificado

Recopilación de estudios que analizan el cebado patogénico o ADE que se ha asociado a las vacunas contra el coronavirus durante décadas"Las vacunas COVID-19 diseñadas para provocar anticuerpos neutralizantes pueden