Posted on 04/06/2020 4:27:53 AM PDT by DannyTN
... As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle. An initial study found cardiac damage in as many as 1 in 5 patients, leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress.
That could change the way doctors and hospitals need to think about patients, particularly in the early stages of illness. It also could open up a second front in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, with a need for new precautions in people with preexisting heart problems, new demands for equipment and, ultimately, new treatment plans for damaged hearts among those who survive. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at khn.org ...
Only according to the worthless scum sucking bottoms dwelling personal injury Attorneys
Without getting to far in ir. A mistake is not malpractice. You have to knowingly and willfully violate a standard of care
One of the reasons our healthcare system is the way it is is because of douche bag attorneys and bottom dwellers
As for mistakes. I disclose mistakes if I make them. There is no reason for me to lie.
Truly awesome news from Italy
New cases are collapsing. They are past their hump
First look at NY numbers also seem to be down. Maybe just maybe we are at the top of the hill
The only reason most of us not all dead is because it leaked out before it was perfected.
gas_dr wrote:
“Truly awesome news from Italy
New cases are collapsing. They are past their hump
First look at NY numbers also seem to be down. Maybe just maybe we are at the top of the hill”
Prayers UP!!
Keep an eye on the areas of the U.S.; the next two weeks will tell.
Things appear to be peaking in my neck of the woods as well even though we are not forecast to peak for another 2 weeks
And considering most of the people dying...are elderly.
If you have lung DZ...COPD etc..You WILL have cardiac issues...they go hand in hand....
Makes me wonder about the heart palpitations I’ve been having on and off, given that there was one of those awful nursing home COVID outbreaks on the other side of town last week. However, they’re probably a leftover side effect from the vitamin A supplement I tried to take a couple weeks ago to bolster my own immunity.
>>That people with RA and lupus weren’t getting sick was what clued Chinese Doctors into looking at HOCQ.<<
And the fact that RA and lupus patients improved when they were treated for malaria is what clued doctors into using it for RA and lupus.
I used to joke about not being at risk for malaria here in Los Angeles because of being on Plaquenil, but now I’m just happy that I have one fewer thing to worry too much about. With all of my “co-morbidities”, I’m just hoping to stay off the DNR list. :-)
Thanks for your perspective — it is appreciated and admired..
I don't know why...but seems the Neuro Doc's were/are potentially more inclined to be weird..not idiots though.
Worked with a GP Doc...that was very introverted..and if you didn't know him...you would think he was REALLY, REALLY odd. Great Doc though...
quinolonea also prolong the QTc. doxycycline is a better alternative
Mom MD wrote:
“quinolonea also prolong the QTc. doxycycline is a better alternative”
Many thanks!
I’ve been wondering if that is not indeed the case.
But then, I’m on Nully’s ping list.
Hey Danny Wise-Guy,
I don’t think gas-dr is an anesthesiologist. I could be wrong. But I have seen him/her mention being a “critical care physician”. The “gas” might be initials, or mean something else.
Anyway, please act like a grown-up on this forum. Your rude form and impoliteness are not helpful.
God bless you.
Even if the Chinese stole parts of the bio-weapon OR screwed up it’s manufacture - it’s still a bio-weapon. Countries don’t spend billions to create a weapon that causes a mild flu... I’m sure there are many surprised we have yet to discover.
I remember with swine flu it could attack kidneys, heart and brain as well as lungs.
Viral infections that migrate from the lungs to infect muscle tissue can cause tissue death. When the virus eventually subsides after running its course, it will typically leave behind multiple patches of scar tissue (dead cells/myocardial infarctions) on the surface of the heart. Scar tissue cannot transmit electrical pulses from node to node to node to facilitate appropriate pumping rhythms as healthy, thriving surface heart tissue can. Rather, it tends to block such pulses. Sometimes the electrical pulses can seem to “bounce” off the scar tissue and go off in the wrong direction. With enough patches of dead heart tissue/scar tissue in place, this can easily trigger fibrillation. In young patients with otherwise strong hearts, this can manifest itself in an unexpected, massive heart attack that can easily be fatal if defibrillation equipment is not close at hand. Such victims were prime candidates for heart transplants and often did not even know it.
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Copying because it’s important info.
Thank you for your posting and I am recommending others to check out your comments.
Thanks for your defense
I am a critical care physician, my subspecialty boards are special qualifications in critical care medicine, I am also a board certified anesthesiologist with special qualifications in cardiac anesthesiology. When I went through there were two ways to become an intensivist —
75% Internal Medicine - Pulmonary - Critical Care
25% Anesthesiology - Critical Care
There are more avenues recently, but I am a critical care anesthesiologist
Thank you for your kind words
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