by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 4, 2024 | COVID-19, Fight the Good Fight
A large retrospective study just published in JAMA Open Network suggests that elevated body mass index (BMI) in both children and young adults was associated with an increased risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), or long COVID. This study is...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 5, 2024 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
(Plus a reminder from me about the possible benefit of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) To better understand and manage “long COVID”, physicians must first be able to define the condition. It’s been impossible to do that without consensus on the diagnosis. The National...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 7, 2023 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries, Fight the Good Fight
It’s no secret that clinician burnout is a serious issue, and in a world drastically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rates of burnout have only increased. Dr. Sandra Wainwright, Author of “The COVID Diaries” will make a keynote address that...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 3, 2023 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Like me, you were probably riveted and inspired by the “COVID Diaries,” which chronicled the challenges of an intensive care doctor during the early and worst days of the COVID pandemic. The author is now focused on the subacute care of the survivors and is...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 13, 2023 | COVID-19, Healthcare Payment Policy
I got an email from a fantastic wound clinic manager who is worried about the less than stellar documentation she’s noted on the part of her advanced practitioners. She’s trying to raise the bar on wound care documentation and asked me how best to do that. That’s a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 6, 2022 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation estimates more than 23 million Americans have been affected by long COVID, which is why it is being described as a “mass disabling event.” It’s officially a disability under the Americans with Disability Act...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 21, 2022 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
COVID-19 infection can lead to a wide range of persistent physical, neurocognitive, and neuropsychological symptoms. I have seen a lot of patients (and a few friends) suffer from “long haul COVID,” and personally, the possibility of living with long term cognitive...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 27, 2022 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
On March 26th, 2020, I posted the first installment of the COVID Diaries, written by a critical care doctor who was on call in the Intensive Care Unit the weekend that the first desperately sick COVID-19 patients began to show up at her hospital. As the tidal wave of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 20, 2022 | COVID-19
I just ordered my 4 “free” COVID tests. It was easy. https://www.covidtests.gov/ –Caroline Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care. Please visit my blog...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 4, 2021 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
I had to get a COVID test to go to an in-person meeting and it’s obvious that the testing requirements for travel, meetings, etc. are a confused quagmire. Dr. Marissa Carter has posted an understandable overview of SARS-COVID testing on her blog that will be useful...
