The circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 virus are quickly evolving and that means that EMM will have to as well. For the foreseeable future, EMM will be releasing COVID-19 updates. EMM will report the most recent statistics, summarize the newest literature and answer YOUR burning questions.
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Episode 955: Cardiac Effects of COVID-19
Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD Educational Pearls: What factors are considered in a COVID-19 infection? The viral load: Understood as the impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles infecting host cell tissue...
Podcast 784: Wastewater Surveillance for COVID
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: About 50% of those infected with SARS-CoV-2 will shed the virus in their feces Wastewater surveillance can be used to track COVID burden,...
Podcast 758: Vaccine Safety During Pregnancy
Contributor: Nick Tsipis, MD Educational Pearls: Observational study in Israel evaluated cohort of vaccinated pregnant women receiving the initial Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Looked at 24,288 newborns with about...
Podcast 752: Budesonide for COVID
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Recent study evaluated budesonide for outpatient COVID-19 infection treatment to see if there was a decrease in length of illness or hospitalization rates...
Podcast 733: Nitric Oxide for COVID
Contributor: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Inhaled nitric oxide or Flolan may be considered in COVID Flolan is a prostaglandin can be inhaled or given IV These medications are...
Podcast 729: Molnupiravir for COVID
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: A press release from Merck introduced Molnupiravir for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 The yet to be published study is a randomized...
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVId-19 vaccines Introduction COVID-19 has emerged to be the most challenging pandemic faced in the 21st century. With total cases as of April 2021 at about 147 million worldwide...
Podcast 665: Allergic Reactions after COVID Vaccinations
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Incidence 2.5-10 per million people occurring primarily in those with environmental allergens Typically occurs with mRNA vaccines in lipid nanoparticles (Moderna/Pfizer) rather than...
Podcast 654: Depression in COVID
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Survey study compared depression symptom prevalence in the United States at the beginning of COVID compared to data acquired by a similar survey...
Podcast 648: Ivermectin for COVID-19
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Ivermectin is an antiparasitic medication that has been used for a long time, but has sparked new interest in the past year as...
Podcast 644: Covid Outcomes
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Meta-analysis of 57,420 COVID+ patients evaluated mortality after intubation 45% mortality rate for all patients in the study 84.4% mortality in patients over...
Podcast 631: UK COVID-19 Variant
Contributor: Gretchen Hinson, MD Educational Pearls: Viruses mutate frequently and a new variant of COVID has been found in the United Kingdom. Mutations typically occur due to transcription errors...
Podcast 627: Oxygen Like It’s Hot
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become more utilized with COVID pandemic Multiple studies have shown this method improves both oxygenation and ventilation...
Pharmacy Phriday #5: COVID-19 Vaccine for Pregnant Women
Contributors: Rachael Duncan, PharmD and Sean McCullough, PharmD Educational Pearls: A 2019 Report by the National Women’s Law Center: Most common occupations for pregnant workers are elementary and middle...
Pharmacy Phriday #4: mRNA Vaccines
Contributor: Rachael Duncan, PharmD Educational Pearls: ED visits nationwide declined by 42% in April 2020 compared to the same time in 2019 largely due to the fear of the...
Podcast 611: Flu Season in the time of COVID
Contributor: Chris Holmes, MD Educational Pearls: During a typical flu season positive rates of flu tests run around ~20% Surveillance data from Australia, South Africa, and Chile showed remarkably...
Epidemic Meets Pandemic #4: The Patient Perspective
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm...
Epidemic Meets Pandemic #3: The Law Enforcement Perspective
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm...
Epidemic Meets Pandemic #2: The Addiction Medicine Perspective
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm...
Epidemic Meets Pandemic #1: The Harm Reductionist Perspective
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm...
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