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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 Patients
In this Q&A, Lorenzo Berra, MD, and Charles Hardin, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital explain the link between acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and share insight into upcoming research on antiviral treatment approaches.
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Case Series: Inhaled Nitric Oxide as Rescue Therapy for Nonintubated Patients with Severe COVID-19
Lorenzo Berra, MD, and Bijan Safaee Fakhr, MD, of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, report that administering high-dose nitric oxide to non-intubated critically ill patients with COVID-19 was feasible and well tolerated.
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Review: What Clinicians Need to Know About Vaping-related Lung Injury
Lida P. Hariri, MD, PhD, of the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues review what clinicians should know about E-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury.
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Histopathology of COVID-19 Is Typical of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
By reviewing autopsy and biopsy studies, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have shown that COVID-19 manifests principally as diffuse alveolar damage, the histopathologic pattern typically associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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Preprint Data from RECOVERY Trial Show Mortality Benefit of Dexamethasone in COVID-19
The new standard of care is to consider dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients who are on oxygen or have hypoxemic respiratory failure.
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ARDS Related to COVID-19 Expected to Cause Increase of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Within the next year, physicians can expect to see increased numbers of patients with fibrotic lung disease that has developed as a complication of acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19.
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ARDS contributors
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Charles Corey Hardin, MD, PhD
Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Physician Investigator, Pulmonary, Mass General Research Institute
Recent Article
Review: Evidence-Based Management of the Critically Ill Adult with COVID-19 -
David M. Dudzinski, MD
Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH
Recent Article
Review: Evidence-Based Management of the Critically Ill Adult with COVID-19 -
Lorenzo Berra, MD
Medical Director, Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Case Series: Inhaled Nitric Oxide as Rescue Therapy for Nonintubated Patients with Severe COVID-19