Open AccessTocilizumab for Severe and Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia in Queens, NYC
Author(s) -
Carlos Salama,
Emma Kaplan-Lewis,
Richard Jesse Durrance,
L. T. K. Wong,
Vasanthi Arumugam,
Marilyn Fabbri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infectious diseases in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1536-9943
pISSN - 1056-9103
DOI - 10.1097/ipc.0000000000000988
Subject(s) - tocilizumab , medicine , mechanical ventilation , pneumonia , covid-19 , mortality rate , viral pneumonia , rheumatoid arthritis , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
New York City was hard hit by COVID-19. Elmhurst Hospital is a public hospital in Queens where more than 1500 patients were hospitalized with COVID. During the pandemic, various treatments were used with hopes of reducing the need for mechanical ventilation and death.