Bingwen Eugene Fan

TL;DR: A detailed analysis of the hematological parameters of the COVID-19 patients at the NCID revealed that a higher number of patients (69%) who were lymphopenic had the presence of a few reactive lymphocytes, of which a subset appeared lymphoplasmacytoid, which contrasts with the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 where reactive lymph cells were not observed in a study on Haematologic parameters.

TL;DR: Comprehensive flow cytometry of whole blood samples from 54 COVID-19 patients reveals a dramatic increase in the number of immature neutrophils, which strongly correlates with disease severity and is associated with elevated IL-6 and IP-10 levels, two key players in the cytokine storm.

TL;DR: COVID-19 and mycoplasma pneumoniae coinfection Bingwen Eugene Fan, Vanessa Cui Lian Chong, Stephrene Seok Wei Chan, and Ponnudurai Kuperan Department of Haematology and Singapore Department of Laboratory Medicine.

TL;DR: A series of catastrophic arterial events observed in post COVID-19 patients are highlighted, echoing the Editor’s concerns of post-infectious vasculopathy.

TL;DR: The International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) interim guidance on recognition and management of coagulopathy in CO VID-19 has the recommendation that prophylactic dose low molecular weight heparin should be considered in all patients, who require hospital admission for COVID-19 infection in the absence of any contraindications.