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Tocilizumorelikeit? The latest data on Tocilizumab. St Emlyn’s
Hot on the heels of a terrific pun and blog post about the use of Tocilizumab, capturing all the intrigue, hope and caution with the potential use of this novel therapeutic agent for patients with severe …
#FOAMed for academics: A primer. St Emlyn’s
This week I’m (virtually) attending the RCEM Research Engagement Day. This annual event combined an academic trainee day (14th) together with a more general day looking at research in a broader sense with lots of …
Ludwig’s Angina. St Emlyn’s
There’s two reasons why Ludwig’s angina sends a shiver down my spine but probably only one of them will apply to you. Back in 2003 when I was a third year medical student my consultant …
Moral Injury during COVID-19. St Emlyn’s
Ed – We have previously covered the concept of moral injury on the blog and podcast, largely in respect to the experience of managing patients with traumatic injury. In 2020 the concept has been used …
JC: Lopinavir/Ritonavir in the treatment of COVID-19
We have been following the RECOVERY trial closely over the last few months. It’s the largest RCT of therapeutics for COVID-19 in the world and it’s already shown that hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin don’t work in …
JC: Azithromycin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
As we near the end of 2020, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on what a year it has been. At the beginning of the year we were first hearing about a respiratory …
Christmas 2020 Round Up Podcast. St Emlyn’s
Welcome to our audio round up of everything on the blog during November and the first half of December. It’s been a COVID heavy month which reflects some of the great research that we are …
The Emerging Evidence for a Genetic Susceptibility to Severe Covid-19. St Emlyn’s
A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic viremia to life-threatening illness.1 Factors such as advancing age and co-morbid status have been shown to strongly correlate …
Risk stratification in the ED for COVID19 patients: The PRIEST study. St Emlyn’s
A core skill in emergency medicine is in the identification and classification of risk categories for the patients we see. For many conditions we have derived, validated and refined scoring systems over many years (for …
Tocilizumaybe? Immune modulation in COVID-19 @StEmlyns
I am sure many of you saw the breaking news on the BBC the other week, about a new wonderdrug to strengthen our defences against the tidal wave that is COVID19. This follows a press …