by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
The COVID-19 Diaries return, as we see how our guest blogger has truly been forever changed by the experience. –Caroline The Battle of the Mind The past two weeks I have been on the pulmonary consult service. I went right into weekend call and the next week back...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
On March 1st, my friend and colleague, Marissa Carter, PhD emailed me a graph of her COVID-19 infection rate model. After seeing it, I put my mother in quarantine the following week. Her model turned out to be far more accurate than the Harvard model (or other models)...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
What is “Off-label” Use of HBOT? Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are medical devices that are cleared for marketing and use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 13 indications, based on a list originally compiled by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 5, 2020 | COVID-19
Maybe you have gotten one of these emails, but this was my first one. It popped up today in my email in-box. Apparently it analyzes my meeting calendar, email activity, scheduled calls, etc. outside of regular working hours. It informs me that I have worked every...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 4, 2020 | COVID-19
Sponsored by the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine Webinar: COVID-19 & HBO: What We Know and What We Don’t Thursday, May 7 12:30 – 1:30 PM (CST) CLICK HERE FOR FREE REGISTRATION! Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 30, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Undaunted Spirit Award
This event started as a project to help Physical Therapy students whose clinical rotations were cancelled but it has taken on a life of its own! I participated in the second one on diabetic foot ulcers. I can’t wait for this one because the keynote speaker is my...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19
How Was Your War? In Britain after WWII, when old friends saw each other again, they asked, “How was your war?” I think that expression captures the fact that even under similar circumstances, our individual experiences and frustrations can be quite different. Friends...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19
Thank you to the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) for this excellent synopsis of HBOT and COVID-19! For more COVID-19 articles visit their COVID-19 information webpage. Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
It’s hard to believe that we began posting COVID-19 Diaries on March 27th – exactly 4 weeks ago. Tonight I re-read the entire series of posts. If you haven’t done that, it doesn’t take long and it’s a fascinating window into the pandemic and the way that medical...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Here’s another guest blog from Dr Carter. (If you didn’t read her post on the origins of COVID-19, be sure to take a look because it’s chilling.) This is food for thought as we try to reopen the economy. –Caroline Let’s look at some recent epidemiological data...
