15 COVID-19 and Anesthesia
Introduction The role of anesthetists in acute healthcare has expanded significantly in recent decades from being originally a theater-based specialty to one now that has a broader basis in provision…
13 Hospital Medicine
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, likely in December 2019, has caused devastation to global human health as well as incalculable socioeconomic harms and burdens. The world…
12 Pharmacotherapy of COVID-19
Introduction The so-called common cold is a respiratory viral illness that has afflicted mankind for all of recorded history. Hippocrates described the “cough of Perinthus” 2,500 years ago.1 The Chinese…
11 Cutaneous Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2
Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel viral infection with dual pathogenicity that can ultimately affect multiple organ systems. It begins as a flulike infection by…
10 Surveying the Association between SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) and Its Neurological Manifestations: An Overview
Introduction The December 2019 emergence of the now recognized SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus fundamentally altered the lens through which 21st-century public health, epidemiology, and medicine will be addressed.1 With an estimated…
09 Gastrointestinal Complications of COVID-19
Introduction The pandemic of respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China, resulted in an ongoing pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) named this…
08 COVID-19–Associated Renal Involvement and Acute Kidney Injury
Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common extrapulmonary complications in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection and is associated with a significant increase in patient morbidity and…
07 Pulmonary Manifestations of COVID-19
Introduction Respiratory failure progressing to multiorgan failure is the primary cause of death in patients with COVID-19 infection. In most cases of COVID-19 disease, infection occurs when severe acute respiratory…
06 Cardiovascular Manifestations of COVID-19
Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for the worst pandemic in the past 100 years. Initially thought to be primarily a respiratory system disease, Coronavirus…
05 Cardinal Manifestations of COVID-19
The Patient: Initial Considerations and Brief Review of Clinical Findings Although reports vary, the incubation period of COVID-19 averages about 5 days, and nearly all infected patients will exhibit symptoms…
