Publications

Flordeluna Mesina, MD, Leilani Asis, MD, Ph.D., and Sandra Navarra MD,  researchers of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery have published timely articles about Covid 19.

Mesina, a hematologist,  has written three research articles that focus on vaccination guidelines in patients with hematologic diseases, possible hematologic event post-COVID 19 vaccination and effects of convalescent plasma therapy in hospitalized COVID 19 patients.

The research articles are:

• Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Single-Center Experience. https://pcp.org.ph/index.php/pjim/current-issue
• PCHTM Clinical Guidance On Covid-19 Vaccination In Adult Patients With Hematologic Diseases https://pcp.org.ph/index.php/covid-19-vaccines
• Philippine College of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (PCHTM) Review Of Hematologic Events Post Covid-19 Vaccination https://pcp.org.ph/index.php/covid-19-vaccines/1232-philippine-college-of-hematology-and-transfusion-medicine-pchtm-review-of-hematologic-events-post-covid-19-vaccination

Leilani  Mercado-Asis, MD, PhD, an endocrinologist,   wrote a review article that centered on the risk factors of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and advanced age for increased mortality in severe COVID-19 infection, the interplay of acute elevation in circulating catecholamines due to the stress of COVID-19 infection in an already compromised cardiovascular function,  and the importance of the early recognition and timely management of acute hypercatecholaminergic surge and cytokine storm.

• Acute Catecholamine Surge and Cytokine Storm: The Deadly Duo in Severe COVID-19. https://ecronicon.com/ecemr/pdf/ECEMR-06-00259.pdf

Sandra Navarra MD,  a rheumatologist,  was part of the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration who wrote an article on  COVID-19 infection in systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

COVID-19 infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Data from the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13937