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However, a fascinating new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server suggests that such disappointment may have been both premature and unwarranted, based on a re-analysis of over 250 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) during the first two months of the pandemic.

Which biomarkers can help predict adverse outcomes in COVID-19? The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative virus of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The severity of this infectious disease has strained healthcare resources to capacity in many parts of the world. Many healthcare systems have seen an inadequate number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds as well as mechanical ventilators available to treat the influx of patients the pandemic has wrought. The critically low su...

Antithrombotic endothelial dysfunction is prevented by Tie2 activation in severe COVID-19 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the novel virus responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 can cause critical illness characterized by severe pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. The risk of mortality for patients with severe COVID-19 is high. Critical COVID-19 is characterized by thrombotic coagulopathy. Increased levels of D-dimer and activation of coagulation are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Fibrin deposition is com...

Guidance on diagnosis and management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after a COVID-19 vaccine Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. The temporary pause was due to reports of a serious condition called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), which refers to blood clots in the brain's veins - not in the arteries, as is the case for most strokes - in combination with thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet count). CVST and ...

COVID-19 is more difficult to diagnose in children and adolescents, finds study The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread to over 192 countries and territories, causing an enormous loss of lives and economic devastation. The clinical presentation of this disease varies hugely between individuals, causing asymptomatic or mild infection in most cases but leading to life-threatening disease in about 15% of infections. Only about 0.4% of cases have been diagnosed in children below 10 years of...