by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Racing to Find Better Treatments for COVID-19 Pneumonia The COVID-19 pandemic, and the severity with which COVID-19 pneumonia has affected some patients, is spurring many clinical trials. Many (if not most) of these trials are evaluating the effectiveness of drugs...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19
In Houston, COVID-19 testing for the homeless and those in shelters has been made possible, thanks in large part to a group of engineers at Oceaneering who came together to design, build and donate a portable COVID-19 testing booth to the non-profit organization...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
Recently our COVID-Diaries blogger talked about trying to ventilate lungs of “concrete” (see her blog here: https://carolinefifemd.com/2020/05/13/covid-19-diaries-battle-fatigue/). Here’s the visual for the Concrete Lung of COVID-19. It’s no wonder that these patients...
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 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...
