Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, is being found in COVID-19 patients and largely in cases of those who are diabetic but there is “no big outbreak”, Niti Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said on Friday. The situation is being monitored and the treatment for mucormycosis is available, he said. This comes a day after a … Read more
Amid the spiralling COVID-19 crisis in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said 6,000 more beds will be added in the next three to four days and warned hospitals of strict action if they are found giving wrong information or turning away coronavirus patients despite availability of beds. He also asked the Centre to … Read more
The study looked at 803 Covid-19 patients who were in ICU; it was seen that 72 per cent of 353 who were administered with tocilizumab were able to survive because of the drug. Tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is now being used for treatment of Covid-19 patients and phase 3 … Read more
Co-researcher and intensive care medic Dr Charlotte Summers, from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, said: “These findings are a tremendous step forwards. This therapy looks like it keeps people out of the intensive care unit so they never need to see people like me which can only be a good thing.” Source link
Steroids, including dexamethasone, are the only drugs proven to be save lives from Covid-19 and they tend to calm the whole of the immune system. Tocilizumab targets specific parts within that complex system. Source link
In the observational study, the researchers noted that 210 patients received tocilizumab, and the other 420 did not. Tocilizumab, a drug normally used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatments, may improve hospital survival in critically-ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), according to an observational study of more than 600 people infected … Read more