#245 COVID Cakes: Masks, Home Testing, Anticoagulation, Vaccines

Learn about the latest in COVID-19: Do masks prevent infection?, SARS-CoV-2 home testing, vaccine advice, and how to prevent and treat VTE in COVID-19. Join us as our tzar-of-clinical-appraisal Curbsider/internist/epidemiologist Rahul Ganatra MD MPH ( @rbganatra ) talks us through the controversial DANMASK-19 trial, plus Watto reports back on his conversation with Dr Parth Rali @parthrali ( Temple Lung Center) who helped write the CHEST anticoagulation guidelines for COVID-19. Episodes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | thecurbsiders@gmail.com | Free CME! Credits Producer: Deb Gorth ScM Show Notes, Cover Art, and CME by: Deb Gorth ScM and Matthew Watto MD Written by: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, and Rahul Ganatra MD MPH Hosts: Rahul Ganatra MD MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com Sponsor: ACP’s I Raise the Rates Join with other clinicians in working to raise influenza and other adult vaccination rates. Visit acponline.org/ai to access free tools and learn new strategies to support your efforts. Sponsor: VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. Time Stamps 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, Picks of the week* and Vaccines 08:00 DANMASK-19 25:00 Anticoagulation in COVID-19 35:06 COVID-19 home PCR testing Outro