Worcestershire Health Libraries:
Latest COVID-19 Research & Evidence — 29/10/20
Research
Title: Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate COVID-19 in adults in India
Description: This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of using convalescent plasma to treat moderate COVID-19 in adults in India. 464 adults participated.
Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/371/bmj.m3939.full.pdf
Title: Ventilation management and clinical outcomes in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19
Description: Little is known about the practice of ventilation management in patients with COVID-19. The authors investigated this practice, and established outcomes for invasively ventilated patients.
Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2213-2600%2820%2930459-8
Title: Effects of Recent Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on Mortality of Patients with COVID-19
Description: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between recent exposure to ACEIs/ARBs and in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19.
Available from: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article-...ofaa519/34037667/ofaa519.pdf
Guidance
Title: Management of Pregnant Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Description: In this paper, the authors answer relevant questions that can be encountered in daily clinical practice when caring for pregnant women with IBD during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Available from: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article-pdf/14/Supplement_3/S807/33977528/jjaa125.pdf
Title: Guidance for Restarting Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy in Patients Who Withheld Immunosuppressant Medications During COVID-19
Description: Addressed, are differences between test-based versus symptom-based strategies in COVID-19 care.
Available from: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article-pdf/14/Supplement_3/S769/33977532/jjaa135.pdf
Expert Opinions
Title: Will COVID-19 vaccines save lives? Current trials aren’t designed to tell us
Description: “The world has bet the farm on vaccines as the solution to the pandemic, but the trials are not focused on answering the questions many might assume they are” Peter Doshi reports
Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/371/bmj.m4037.full.pdf
Title: COVID-19 and the ethics of risk
Description: How can we fairly distribute risks across individuals and groups within societies? Jonathan Wolff, Sridhar Venkatapuram, and Nicole Hassoun opine.
Available from: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/10/22/covid-19-and-the-ethics-of-risk/
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