Why Are We Still Talking About Hydroxychloroquine as a Treatment for COVID-19?

Why Are We Still Talking About Hydroxychloroquine as a Treatment for COVID-19?

The use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 serves as an example of what is wrong with medical information being widely disseminated before it is thoroughly vetted by peer review. Preliminary studies of this treatment modality were spread widely, creating false hope that a treatment for COVID-19 existed. Several randomized trials have shown that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective therapy for COVID-19.

David Juurlink, MD, PhD, from the University of Toronto summarizes the evidence base regarding hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19.

Related Article(s):

Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Jaksot(227)

Rebounding From COVID-19's Reversal of Recent Progress in the ICU

Rebounding From COVID-19's Reversal of Recent Progress in the ICU

Many patients experience neurocognitive deficits, PTSD, and generalized weakness and disability following an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin talks with E. We...

15 Syys 202121min

New Evidence on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Insurance Coverage

New Evidence on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Insurance Coverage

We know that the pandemic caused millions of people to lose their jobs, and potentially their job-based insurance, and yet new survey data showed surprisingly small changes in uninsurance rates at the...

3 Syys 202118min

Quantifying Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care

Quantifying Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care

Interview with Alexander T. Hillel, M.D., author of Quantifying Viral Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care Related Content: Safety Recommendations for Evalu...

22 Heinä 202116min

COVID-19's Shock to Health Care Services

COVID-19's Shock to Health Care Services

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the use of health care services. Dr Nora Becker of the University of Michigan talks about her research on reductions in the use of women's prevent...

6 Heinä 202122min

Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort

Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort

Lung transplantation has become an option of last resort for a small subset of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or pulmonary fibrosis. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief ...

17 Kesä 202133min

May 2021 Medical News Summary

May 2021 Medical News Summary

Researchers Tie Severe Immunosuppression to Chronic COVID-19 and Virus Variants; An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic; COVID-19 and the "Lost Year" for Smokers Trying to Quit Related Content: Re...

25 Touko 202125min

An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

COVID-19 leaves some people with a troubling constellation of symptoms that has been known as long-haul COVID but now has a more formal name: postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Current...

5 Touko 202124min

Noninvasive Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients

Noninvasive Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) may help COVID-19 patients in respiratory failure avoid invasive mechanical ventilation but may also lead to delays in intubation with potential for worse clinical outcom...

29 Maalis 202132min

Suosittua kategoriassa Tiede

rss-mita-tulisi-tietaa
tiedekulma-podcast
rss-poliisin-mieli
rss-duodecim-lehti
rss-kasvatuspsykologiaa-kaikille
rss-kasvikutsut
utelias-mieli
docemilia
vinkista-vihia
mielipaivakirja
radio-antro
filocast-filosofian-perusteet
rss-tiedetta-vai-tarinaa
rss-lapsuuden-rakentajat-podcast
rss-lihavuudesta-podcast