18. COVID-19: A Fishing Boat, Heart Damage, and What Low Oxygen Portends
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English - August 27, 2020 08:00 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement career leadership burnout doctor physician Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A fishing boat out of Seattle gives clues as to what COVID immunity looks like; an emergency department pulse ox study gives insight into the clinical course of patients discharged home who later develop low oxygen levels; and some staggering statistics on cardiac injury following COVID infection.
We Discuss:
The impact of neutralizing antibodies on immunity; The difference between neutralizing antibodies and what’s tested for in the Abbott Architect commercial antibody test; Why some who have a positive commercial antibody test might not be immune;; Sensitivity of Viral RT-PCR testing; What a negative PCR test means after a high risk exposure; An emergency department study found that patients who develop hypoxia after discharge home had an increased incidence of adverse outcome; A recent study found a 70% incidence of cardiac injury in 100 recovered COVID patients.For Complete Show Notes and References: Click Here
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