Blood & Cancer

COVID-19 can have a negative impact on systems throughout the body, beyond just the lungs, according to a review published in Nature Medicine. Two authors of the review joined host David H. Henry, MD, to discuss their article, “Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.”  Aakriti Gupta, MD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Kartik Sehgal, MD, of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discussed: ACE2, the entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 Neurologic and gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 Mechanisms of coagulation and thromboprophylaxis COVID-19 in cancer patients The impact of quarantine on cardiology patients The lasting effects of COVID-19 and the need for follow-up The importance of international collaboration for clinical trials. For more details on how COVID-19 can affect the body, see the full review in Nature Medicine: Gupta A. et al. Nat Med. 2020 Jul;26(7):1017-1032.  Disclosures: Dr. Henry and Dr. Sehgal have no financial disclosures relevant to this episode. Dr. Gupta disclosed relati