by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 5, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
I’m sorry to say that the courageous author of “COVID Diaries” is back working in the ICU, preparing for another wave of critically sick COVID patients. In my own suburban hospital, there are 75 COVID patients hospitalized right now, 72 of whom are unvaccinated...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
An article by Ranjan and colleagues (not yet peer reviewed and available as a pre-print doi describes the grim reality of the second wave of COVID-19 in India. Every day the number of infected people doubles. The exponential increase suggests that the infection rate...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Fight the Good Fight
In 1996, Sackett and colleagues published, “Evidence-Based Medicine: What it Is and What it Isn’t.” The incessant drum beat of the “hierarchy of evidence” has caused physicians to forget that the aim of EBM is to, “integrate the experience of the clinician, the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 2, 2021 | COVID-19
Still trying to decide whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19? If you think you have brain fog and fatigue NOW… A new study by Graham and colleagues, published online in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology provides more chilling data about the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 31, 2021 | COVID-19
A recent study published in JAMA discusses how Covid-19 affects the brain. In addition to losing one’s sense of smell (which is an effect on the nerve that enables you to smell), there are cognitive and attention deficits like “brain fog,” new-onset anxiety,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 16, 2021 | COVID-19
For many years I kept the postcard above, depicting The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, taped to my bathroom mirror. Painted by Pierre-Jacques Volaire in 1777, it depicts the cataclysmic day in 79 A.D. when the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried under a thick carpet...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 15, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
The author of “COVID Diaries” reflects on the one year anniversary of the pandemic at her institution. All I can say is, wow — you need to read this. Giants walk among us, but some of them are disguised as ordinary people. –Caroline This Time Last Year One...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Dr. Carter has posted a new article on her site about the COVID pandemic. Her predictive models have consistently outperformed the ones the government favors (see the graphic above and then read her article). She always provides an unbiased scientific perspective, so...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 9, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Fight the Good Fight
Check out this excellent review article on the “Physiologic and biochemical rationale for treating COVID-19 patients with hyperbaric oxygen,” by the Research Committee of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and published in Undersea and Hyperbaric...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 12, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, COVID-19 Diaries, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Here’s another installment from the intrepid critical care/hyperbaric physician who started “COVID Diaries” nearly a year ago. I am not identifying her so that she can speak more openly about her experiences. Now she is telling the evolving story of treating COVID...
