一位博彩平台网址大全的教授 托马斯J. 龙药学院 is leading a re搜索 team to help patients suffering from post-COVID 19 symptoms after successfully treating a woman using technology not available at any other pharmacy school. 

教授 萨钦一. 沙阿, who also is director of pharmacy re搜索 and education at Travis Air Force Base in nearby Fairfield, 与心流疗法一起工作, a Texas-based company that specializes in “external counterpulsation therapy," which uses a leg cuff similar to the well-known device used by physicians to check patients’ blood pressure.  

The team used the technique to improve oxygen flow to the body and heart of a 38-year-old woman who was dealing with “brain fog,“疲劳, 头痛, body pain and shortness of breath for months following her recovery from COVID-19.

据我们所知, this is the first case of using external counterpulsation therapy for Post-COVID shortness of breath, 乏力, 还有脑雾,迈克尔·格拉奇说, 心流疗法首席执行官. “External counterpulsation therapy has been used for decades for the management of patients with certain types of heart disease and has been shown to improve the health of the blood vessels in the body. Since the COVID-19 virus impairs this pathway in blood vessels, it is plausible that this treatment may play a significant role in the management of Post-COVID symptoms.”

药学院是唯一一所美国大学.S. pharmacy school to have the technology to do enhanced external counterpulsation therapy re搜索, 沙阿说. 

约书亚德瑞, 2021年药学博士毕业, had the opportunity to work with 沙阿 one-on-one on this project and said being introduced to the field of re搜索 in pharmacy has opened career interests and possibilities that can have a far-reaching impact in health care. 

“我走出了自己的舒适区，”戴利特说. “This is something I would have never been able to participate in if I was only doing curriculum work in a classroom or working in a pharmacy. It is exciting to have been involved and see how far we came in our re搜索.

“The fact that I was able to make an impact in this way is what is most meaningful to me.”

Because Pacific and Flow Therapy are leaders in enhanced external counterpulsation therapy—a non-invasive, FDA-approved treatment—to treat cardiac patients with similar symptoms, 该团队看到了帮助COVID-19患者的机会. 

沙阿 said re搜索 shows that enhanced external counterpulsation therapy treats chest pain, shortness of breath and 乏力—symptoms also seen in “post-acute COVID-19 sequelae” or “long COVID,” when patients have persistent symptoms for weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

“After one week, her ‘brain fog’ had improved, with shortness of breath improving after 1.5周，”团队说 写下他们的发现. “The patient reported returning to pre-COVID health and fitness after approximately five weeks of EECP treatment. 据我们所知, this is the first case of using EECP for post-COVID shortness of breath, 乏力, 还有“脑雾”.’”

Gratch said Flow Therapy excels at providing lifesaving enhanced external counterpulsation services to cardiac patients and is committed to discovering how it can help patients with long COVID. 

“数据看起来非常有希望，”他说. 

这项研究也触及了达利特的切身利益, who has family members and friends who had COVID-19 and are now affected by long COVID symptoms.

“This re搜索 may impact those that are closest to me, too,” he said. “我也许能帮助他们.”

The School of 药店 has partnered with Flow Therapy for the 工业奖学金计划 to offer students individualized training and leadership development, and to work alongside faculty on breakthrough re搜索 that will give students a competitive advantage. 

沙阿, 谁协助监督奖学金计划, said Pacific students would not get this opportunity anywhere else and it helps them develop their re搜索 and critical thinking skills and put out new science that is meaningful.

“It’s exciting to be part of this discovery and that this is the first time that this has been documented,沙阿说. “But what’s more exciting is to see that there is some hope for this patient population, and we need to work twice as hard to validate the role of EECP in Long COVID patients.”

The School of 药店 has been at the forefront of COVID-19 efforts, including being among the first university programs in the nation 分发COVID-19疫苗 to the community and also to be among the first institutions in the state to administer vaccines under California’s provider network, giving the university capacity to fully vaccinate every student 博彩平台网址大全的博彩平台网址大全都招收了哪些学生.