Posts by Molly Wolf, MD
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BMI Not Associated With Meaningful Differences in COVID-19 Critical Illness Outcomes
Massachusetts General Hospital physicians within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine examine the relationship between obesity and critical illness.
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Differences in Measuring Endotoxin Explains Contradictory Results on Lung Health Effects
Molly Wolf, MD, and Peggy S. Lai, MD, MPH, of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, explain that common methods of quantifying microbial exposure have inherent limitations, which probably explain the contradictory evidence on whether microbial exposure harms lung health.
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Ventilator Liberation in COVID-19
COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure have been reported to require long durations of mechanical ventilation, though it is not yet clear if duration will be longer than that seen with other ARDS patients.