Introduction Since the earliest days of the pandemic, it became obvious that patients with pre-existing comorbidities were at high risk for developing severe COVID-19 disease, prolonged hospitalization, respiratory failure, and…
Introduction Tracheostomy has been termed an aerosol-generating procedure in the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, concerns have been raised regarding the safe performance of the tracheostomy procedure. During the first…
Introduction Caring for patients with advanced illnesses has always been in the wheelhouse of palliative care practitioners in the American healthcare system. This challenging work took on new proportions, scope,…
Introduction In comparison to “in-person” medicine, telemedicine, i.e., “remote” or “over a distance” medicine, has another set of advantages and limitations. For example, in a teleconsultation with a patient on…
Introduction During the early days of the pandemic there was no known early effective treatment for outpatients with COVID-19. Initial treatment was symptomatic care with antipyretics, analgesics, antitussives, bronchodilators, and…
Introduction Emerging pathogens are defined as novel etiological agents that have been recently introduced in a population. The most recent emerging novel virus is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
Introduction COVID-19 has and continues to transform the house of medicine and has had a significant impact on the field of Emergency Medicine (EM). There is not an aspect of…
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…
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…
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…
