Case Report: Therapeutic and immunomodulatory effects of plasmapheresis in long-haul COVID.

Many patients with COVID-19 experience a range of debilitating symptoms months after being infected, a syndrome termed long-haul COVID. A 68-year-old male presented with lung opacity, fatigue, physical and cognitive weaknesses, loss of smell and lymphocytopenia. After rounds of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), the patient returned to normal activities and work.

Targeting pulmonary vascular disease to improve global health: pulmonary vascular disease: the global perspective.

Although there is widespread agreement on the need to address the glaring health-care disparities that exist in underserved countries in the world, there has not been an accepted approach to address these disparities that has proven to be successful. The international agenda has chosen to focus on maternal/fetal needs and infectious disease-based illnesses. However, cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world.

Practice pattern variability for myocardial revascularization: impact on resource use across 24 centers.

Objective: To determine the predictors of hospital length of stay (LOS) after elective uncomplicated coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Design: Retrospective analysis of the EPI-1 database, 1991-1993.

Setting: Multicenter; 24 academic, private, federal, and health maintenance institutions.