Cytokine Storm - part 2

Hospital and Internal Medicine Podcast by Gil Porat, M.D., FACP, CPT

Dec 2, 202012:21Religion & Spirituality

Do you know what CRP is (other than saying it is an inflammatory marker)? Should we always shut down cytokines? If so, how? Why should we avoid giving a glucocorticoid to a COVID patient before they develop an elevated C...

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