I have avoided COVID therapies for a while, because so many people are already covering the topic, and honestly I am a little sick of COVID. However, with the OMICRON wave, everyone seems to have questions about therapies for COVID, so a quick evidence review seems appropriate. This article will […]
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I have avoided COVID therapies for a while, because so many people are already covering the topic, and honestly I am a little sick of COVID. However, with the OMICRON wave, everyone seems to have questions about therapies for COVID, so a quick evidence review seems appropriate. This article will […]
I have avoided COVID therapies for a while, because so many people are already covering the topic, and honestly I am a little sick of COVID. However, with the OMICRON wave, everyone seems to have questions about therapies for COVID, so a quick evidence review seems appropriate. This article will […]
As anticipated, my “monthly” summaries have become even less frequent, as I discovered that there are a few things in life even more enjoyable than reading the medical literature. I won’t apologize for choosing my 9 month old over evidence based medicine, but I will continue to put out these […]
Might we have an effective pill for the outpatient management of COVID-19? One might have assumed that this post was going to be about molnupiravir, as it has now been weeks since we saw incredibly enthusiastic press releases about this apparent ‘miracle cure.’ Unfortunately, that data still has not been […]
For some reason, masks seem to provoke very strong opinions in medicine. Despite being one of the closest things we have to parachutes – devices so simple and obvious that RCT evidence may not even be needed – people lament the lack of evidence, and mistakenly translate the paucity of […]
I have already written at length about the mechanism of transmission of COVID-19. Based on basic science and the transmission of other viruses, such as influenza, it was easy to predict in early 2020 that COVID-19 would spread through the airborne route. As more super-spreader events occurred, and more data […]
Took a quick break from paternity leave to have a chat with my good friend Casey Parker, which of course meant we were going to talk about some evidence based medicine. I will go back to not doing academic work for a while, but for now here is that hit […]
About a week ago, colchicine seemed to come out of the blue as a possible the treatment of COVID-19 with the COLCORONA trial. For most of us, colchicine wasn’t even on the radar. Now, many are rushing to prescribe it, but does the evidence really support its use?