McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

COVID-19: October 9 update. Part 2

COVID-19: October 9 update. Part 2

Dr Jean-Louis Vincent, professor of intensive care medicine at Université libre de Bruxelles and past president of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, comments on the current treatment options in COVID-19.

COVID-19: October 9 update. Part 1

COVID-19: October 9 update. Part 1

Dr Jean-Louis Vincent, professor of intensive care medicine at Université libre de Bruxelles and past president of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, discusses the epidemiologic situation in Belgium and current standards of care for ICU patients with COVID-19.

COVID-19: Droplets, aerosols, and masks

COVID-19: Droplets, aerosols, and masks

Dr Mark Loeb, professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University, joins Dr Roman Jaeschke to clarify the difference between droplets vs aerosols and surgical masks vs N95 respirators.

COVID-19: September 10 update. Part 2

COVID-19: September 10 update. Part 2

Dr Dominik Mertz, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at McMaster University and medical director of infection prevention and control at Hamilton Health Sciences, talks about COVID-19 vaccines, reopening schools, and air travel during the pandemic.

Publications of the Week, September 14

Publications of the Week, September 14

A digest of noteworthy publications curated by editors from McMaster University. This week’s focus: corticosteroid therapy for hospitalized critically ill patients with COVID-19 who required respiratory support.

McMaster Editors’ Selection: In The Spotlight

How to properly evaluate bleeding risk before starting anticoagulation?

Dr Jean-Louis Vincent, professor of intensive care medicine at Université libre de Bruxelles and past president of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, discusses the epidemiologic situation in Belgium and current standards of care for ICU patients with COVID-19.

Dr Mark Loeb, professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University, joins Dr Roman Jaeschke to clarify the difference between droplets vs aerosols and surgical masks vs N95 respirators.

What do we know about the risk of cancer associated with biologic therapy?

Do you continue phlebotomy in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) who receive cytoreductive treatment?

What follow-up tests, if any, should be performed in a patient with Crohn disease who is in clinical remission?

What is your opinion about the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? Do we have good-quality evidence to support its regular use?

Dr Dominik Mertz, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at McMaster University and medical director of infection prevention and control at Hamilton Health Sciences, talks about COVID-19 vaccines, reopening schools, and air travel during the pandemic.

When should we start dialysis in a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI)?

This review highlights the key messages on the management of chronic cough from the task force commissioned by the European Respiratory Society.

There has been a growing number of cases of new-onset rheumatoid arthritis in older patients. What are the clues to suspect that joint pain may not be caused by osteoarthritis?

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