Worcestershire Health Libraries: Latest COVID-19 Research —16/04/20

Title: A fatal case of COVID-19 pneumonia occurring in a patient with severe acute ulcerative colitis

Description: This letter describes a case study of an 80-year-old female with a 3-year history of ulcerative colitis. The  patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after initially presenting with a fever and diarrhoea.

Available from: https://gut.bmj.com/content/gutjnl/early/2020/04/03/gutjnl-2020-321183.full.pdf

 

Title: A tool to early predict severe Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Description: Due to no reliable risk stratification tool for severe COVID-19 patients at admission, the authors aimed to construct an effective model for early identification of cases at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19.

Available from: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa443/33049812/ciaa443.pdf

Title: Mental health burden for the public affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in China: Who will be the high-risk group?

Description: This study aimed to identify groups whose mental health was most vulnerable to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13548506.2020.1754438

Title: Acute use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for people with or at risk of COVID-19

Description: This evidence review aimed to assess if there was an increased risk of developing COVID-19 due to acute use of NSAIDs, and if NSAIDs can lead to increased risk of developing more severe COVID-19 symptoms.

Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/es23/chapter/Key-messages

Title: COVID-19 rapid guideline: cystic fibrosis

Description: The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of patients with cystic fibrosis and make the best use of NHS resources, while protecting staff from infection.

Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng170

Title: The tobacco industry in the time of COVID-19: time to shut it down?

Description: At the time of writing, COVID-19 accounted for 53000 deaths worldwide, compared to an annual death toll of 8 million from tobacco use. The author discusses whether the use and availability of tobacco needs reconsideration.

Available from: https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/early/2020/04/06/tobaccocontrol...

Title: COVID-19: why we need a national health and social care service

Description: Following discussion around privatisation, and irrational response, the authors conclude that radical action is required to bring all services and staff back under government control in a national and publicly accountable system.

Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m1465.full.pdf

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