Worcestershire Health Libraries: Latest COVID-19 Research & Evidence — 06/08/20

Worcestershire Health Libraries: 

Latest COVID-19 Research & Evidence — 06/08/20

 

Research

 

Title: Drug treatments for COVID-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

Description: Here, the authors compared data from randomized clinical trials wherein participants with suspected, probable, or confirmed COVID-19 were subject to drug treatment, standard care, or placebo.

Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m2980.full.pdf

 

Title: Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community

Description: This prospective cohort study sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community, and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk.

Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2468-2667%2820%2930164-X

 

Title: Characteristics and predictors of death among 4,035 consecutively hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Spain

Description: Demographic, clinical, laboratory, treatment, and complications data were analysed.

Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X20304316

 

Guidance

 

Title: Children and young people who are immunocompromised—Updated (31/07/20)

Description: The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of children and young people who are immunocompromised during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as protect staff and enable effective resource usage.

Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng174

 

Title: Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus

pandemic

Description: Information on the care of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 for practicing clinicians.

Available from: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6613a1dc75b87df82b...

 

Expert Opinions

 

Title: Is risk compensation threatening public health in the COVID-19 pandemic?

Description: Unfounded concerns about risk compensation threaten public health when they delay the introduction of protective measures such as wearing of face coverings, argue Theresa Marteau and colleagues.

Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m2913.full.pdf

 

Title: The COVID-19 infodemic

Description: “Fake news, misinformation, and conspiracy theories have become prevalent in the age of social media and have sky-rocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic”. The implications are discussed.

Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1473-3099%2820%2930565-X

 

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