TWiV 1052: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses disease severity of RSV compared with COVID-19 and Influenza among hospitalized adults aged ≥60 years, antiviral efficacy of Molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in patients with early symptomatic COVID-19, Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization among patients with vulnerability to covid-19 complications, antibiotic use among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the United States, one week of oral Camostat vs Placebo in nonhospitalized adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, assessment of the available therapeutic approaches for severe COVID-19, optimal duration of systemic Corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, effect of monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on viral interference between SARS-CoV-2 and several DNA viruses in patients with long-COVID syndrome, local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in suspected non-severe COVID-19 patients, and the safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with advanced chronic Kidney disease and COVID-19. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Disease severity of RSV compared with COVID-19 and Influenza among hospitalized adults Antiviral efficacy of molnupiravir vs ritonavir-nirmatrelvi r in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 (The Lancet) Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization among patients with vulnerability to complications (JAMA) Antibiotic use among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (OFID) One week of oral Camostat vs placebo in non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19 Assessment of the available therapeutic approaches for severe COVID-19 (Nature) Optimal duration of systemic Corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment (OFID) Effect of monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on viral interference between SARS-CoV-2 and in patients with long-COVID syndrome (Nature) Local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in suspected COVID-19 patients (JID) Safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with Kidney disease and COVID-19 Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser at PWB Letters read on TWiV 1052 Dr. Griffin's COVID treatment summary ( pdf ) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected]