Here is what I will be asking for if I get hit with the Plague..among other things. Trying to hang on until the medical community can come up with a plan that everyone can access. Right now..we dont have it in the U.S.
Marcus AureliusIn reply to riley290 • 6:47p, 4/20/20AG
Wow great stuff man. My experience with toci has been nothing short of miraculous. But all the hospitals in this state battling for doses. Can’t get sirulamab. God bless you in NYC. I get freaked out here dealing with 5-10. Can’t imagine dealing with your volume. Please be safe.
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Thanks for the link. The one thing I noticed was a huge difference in the way I was trained and what I saw in subsequent generations of doctors. We had to start IVs and draw blood. If a medical student wrote an order for either of these things they were expected to start the IV or draw the blood. That skill served me well in the years to come. I have had cases in the OR the anesthesiologist wanted to cancel because they couldn’t get a line in so I had to do it right quick before my attending got there and started raising hell.
But the details are interesting as well. He mentions anticoagulation. If the patients are having widespread thromboembolic phenomenon (and from h is labs he would know) that could be big. Also in the past I have mentioned ECMO. To go on ECMO one would be fully heparinized which could be an additional benefit. He says he only has to deal with 5 to 10. If his hospital could do 4 hearts at once (like most big hospitals) there are 4 ECMO machines sitting idle right now in his hospital. Sure that is a BIG step but it can be done. I have also in the past recommended an old therapy. I have seen used long ago. Fluosol.
The “Biologicals” he is talking about are too new for me to have any opinion on. Thanks for the link. Fascinating.