Body Plethysmograph Buyer’s Guide: 8 Key Questions to Make the Right Choice

Body plethysmography is a non-invasive and indispensable method for obtaining detailed information about lung volumes and airway function—data that other pulmonary function tests cannot provide. With the increasing prevalence of respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, and the lasting effects of COVID-19, the need for reliable and precise diagnostic tools has never been greater. A […]

Neurological compromise of COVID-19: anosmia and dysgeusia

By Claudio López Bruzual, MD Taste and smell are two of the most complex sensory systems that human beings possess. Their function is not limited to mere physiology, but they are so intimately linked to memory that they are able to evoke sensations and memories. As we know, this is possible thanks to the phylogenetic […]

Association between the cardiac abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, and disease severity and mortality

Condensed and commented by Claudio López Bruzual MD Although many cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic, and most patients recover from the disease, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications from COVID-19 infections have been reported that are not yet fully understood. Cardiac abnormalities, specifically, have been detected through the use of biomarkers and imaging in […]

Impact of COVID-19 on exercise pathophysiology

Hospital survival in case of severe COVID-19 involvement is often associated with residual fibrotic lung abnormalities, evidenced by pulmonary CT at the time of discharge, and lung function tests. Given the severe multisystemic damage typically suffered by these patients, several forms of pulmonary vascular impact (macro and micro embolism or inflammatory endothelitis with neo angiogenesis) […]

Similarities between the Spanish influenza epidemic and COVID-19 

By Claudio López Bruzual, MD. Is there anything in common between the pandemic we are currently confronting and previous pandemics? There’s definitely a certain parallel that’s worth analyzing. In this paper we highlight data that will allow us to have a reference point to compare the Spanish influenza (or Spanish flu) epidemic with that of […]