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Blog 29 November Knoouhuizen SA, Aday A, Lee WM. Ketamine‐Induced Sclerosing Cholangitis (KISC) in a Critically Ill Patient with COVID‐19. Hepatology 23 November 2020. Full-text: https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31650 Prior reports of recreational ketamine abuse have been...
Is the low case ratality rate of COVID-19 in Hong Kong deceptive? During the first weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a very low CFR of only 0.4% has been reported (Lui GC 2000). Is...
SARS-CoV-2 viral loads, especially plasma viremia, are associated with increased risk of mortality. This is the result of a study by Jonathan Li, Jesse Fajnzylber and colleagues who report SARS-CoV-2 respiratory tract, plasma, and...
The country-specific crude case fatality rates (CFR), the percentage of COVID-19-associated deaths among confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections, have been the subject of much speculation. There are still striking differences between countries. According to worldometer.com accessed...