In today's episode we discuss:
—Epidemiology: A systematic review of 39 articles (30 retrospective and 9 prospective) on venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in COVID-19 by a team of cardiologists and molecular biologists from the Central South University in Hunan, China found that D-dimer, fibrinogen, and APTT may be useful in predicting thromboembolic events in patients with severe COVID-19.
—Understanding the Pathology: Physicians at the Icahn School of Medicine used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to screen patients (n=72,401) at Mount Sinai Health System for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibody and found that 30,082 patients tested positive (titer 1:80 or higher) with quantitative microneutralization assay demonstrating that spike protein titer level positively correlated to neutralization titer (Spearman r: 0.87, p
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