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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Preface IANAD. I suggest that sniffles (rhinorrhea) as well as duration of flu like symptoms (elevated temp, cough) as differentials for your diagnosis tool. Covid-19 is marked by less rhinorrhea and longer duration illness than flu i.e.
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Nice find. I find this interesting too:"Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC): COVID-19" (Written by a pulmonologist): https://emcrit.org/ibcc/covid19/
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Please fund mass manufacture of personal protective gear used by first responders and medical personnel i.e N95/eye-protection/PPE and PAPR. These are in dire short supply.
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Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus(nytimes.com)
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
IANAD but just keep in mind that CT scans isn't specific Covid-19, rather that it detects telltale damage done by the virus but also could be done by other respiratory viral disease. Only in places where Covid-19 is widespread, one mi
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Based on the title, I thought the notes would be more something like this: "Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC): COVID-19" https://emcrit.org/ibcc/covid19/
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
I find these two posts from Italy more readable: https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ff8hns/testimony_... https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/123714289107769753...
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
I live in the Bay area. My wife is a ED doc as a small, under resourced community hospital. Every time she goes to work these days, I think- I hope today isn't the day that the hospitals here get overwhelmed like Wuhan/Hubei and
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Thank you Elad for writing this very succinct and useful document. One thing you may want to include is what sort of symptoms there are and when they appear. I've found the preliminary NEJM case study helpful to me as Figure 2 clearl
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Oregon has first confirmed Covid-19 case(oregon.gov)
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
That data looks it's from this Chinese CDC article in English: http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9... Lot's of useful data: Age is very significant: 0-9: 0%, ..., 60-69: 3.
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
I have kids too and wondered about this. Chinese CDC epidemiology study indicates that kids seemed to be spared from Covid-19 (See table 1) http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9... Age
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
The healthcare system in Wuhan is overwhelmed. The hospital are turning away patients with symptoms without evening screening unless their deathly ill due to a lack of resources: "Coronavirus Pummels Wuhan, a City Short of Supplies an
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Not a MD but married to one, plus my brother and some friends are docs. They would echo the sentiment in this piece. My brother has argued that being a PA, NP or especially a dentist has a better ROI as the training is way shorter and pay
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
I'm not a history expert at all but I think this is a massive over simplification, that ignore context of the time. My understanding is that the US was woefully unprepared (particularly the Army) for WW2 due to its non interventionist
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
I have heard that rpki helps prevent this type of BGP misdirection i.e. signed BGP routes. However does anyone know about its deployment?
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by rediguanayum 7y ago
Just wanted to point out that Gmail has a Confidential Mode that can prevent forwarding, auto-deletes and allows the sender to control access to a sent email including removing access. https://support.google.com/mail/