Monthly Archives: March 2020

Week one in the COVID ICU

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, MBA

Dr. Kusum Mathews is a pulmonary and critical care physician and researcher at Mt. Sinai in NYC. She staffed the first week of her hospital’s COVID ICU. The week started off with only a few COVID-19 positive patients and escalated … Continue reading →

Posted in Cardiology and Pulmonology, Infections, Systems and Administration | 3 Comments

Why COVID-19 is a Geriatric Emergency

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, MBA

We are in the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The mortality is highest in older adults. Dr. Teresita (Tess) Hogan and a team of Emergency Physicians recently wrote an article on things we should think about as we care … Continue reading →

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