Potassium is the major INTRACELLULAR cation in the body. Remember that sodium is primarily outside of the cell. Well, potassium finds its home at higher concentrations within cells throughout the body. Along with sodium, it regulates intracellular volume, plays…
Sodium is the primary extracellular cation in the body. It regulates osmotic forces, it is involved in membrane transport systems, it helps regulate many chemical reactions as well as aid in acid-base balance. The picture shown here is of…
To date, 1 in 378 people in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 as communities are experiencing a seemingly exponential rise in cases with no end in sight. Healthcare systems in many parts of the United States…
The management of the hypoxic COVID-19 patient has drastically shifted in recent weeks. Earlier expert recommendations pushed for early intubation of these patients in an attempt to minimize the risk to staff that is thought to happen with less…
It has been 3 weeks since our last post discussing the initial round of SARS-CoV-2 literature and information is evolving faster than most of us can keep up. Data continues to flow out of nearly every academic institution on…