Well, I didn’t have a single moment today to do any more personal research….it was a ridiculous day! I didn't even have time to count our current number of China virus positive patients, but a nurse told me at one point in the day we were up to 15.
Basically I was just looking at WBC totals as well as the breakdown to see if anything was out of range for vaccinated patients. Also, D-dimer (indicates potential blood clots/PE’s) as well as PTT, INR, platelets etc.. which impact coagulation. All was normal.
In these terms, CRP is not routinely tested unless a patient is specifically being ruled out for the China virus (not routine admission testing), and/or then trended for severity of infection. I did look at some of those results prior between positive vaccinated patients and unvaccinated patients, and both were elevated regardless. No apparent difference in response there. Honestly, I have never heard or seen any ESR bloodwork results being done on anyone for anything at my hospital
. That’s definitely a new one for me!
If Ivermectin turns out to be a more accepted therapy in whatever form, I think it would be best done under medical supervision and in a preparation intended for humans. I am not a fan of people taking veterinary preparations and just making it up as they go.
I didn’t have time to get further details, but as we were about to intubate our second China virus patient of the day, the anesthesiologist told those of us present about someone he was called about that was supposed to arrive in the ED. Apparently this person took it upon himself to take Ivermectin and also nebulize hydrogen peroxide (which is apparently a thing), to treat his China virus infection. Anesthesia was called because it was suspected that he would have to have an emergent tracheostomy performed upon arrival. He never got that far though and died.
People are doing some really stupid sh*t!