Worcestershire Health Libraries: Latest COVID-19 Research — 23/04/20

Title: Ocular manifestations of a hospitalised patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease

Description: This case report concludes that SARS-CoV-2 is capable of causing ocular complications such as viral           conjunctivitis in the middle phase of illness.

Available from: https://bjo.bmj.com/content/bjophthalmol/early/2020/04/07/bjophthalmol-2020-316304.full.pdf

 

Title: Coronavirus anxiety scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety

Description: This study aimed to develop and evaluate the properties of a Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), which is a brief mental health screener to identify probable cases of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the COVID-19 crisis.

Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07481187.2020.1748481

 

Title: Diabetes in COVID-19: Prevalence, pathophysiology, prognosis and practical considerations

Description:  This review looks at the relation between diabetes and COVID-19 in terms of epidemiology,                     pathophysiology and therapeutics.

Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871402120300631/...

 

Title: COVID-19 rapid guideline: acute myocardial injury

Description: This guideline seeks to help non-cardiologists  identify and treat acute myocardial injury and its cardiac  complications in adults with known or suspected COVID-19 but without known pre-existing cardiovascular disease.

Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng171

 

Title: COVID-19 rapid guideline: gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response

Description: The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of children and adults who have gastrointestinal or liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng172

 

Title: How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

Description: Clinicians are “realizing that although the lungs are ground zero, [the disease’s] reach can extend to many organs including the heart and blood vessels, kidneys, gut, and brain”.

Available from: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill...

 

Title: Surviving COVID-19: A disease tolerance perspective

Description: In this editorial, the author proposes that efforts to fight infectious diseases should shift from focusing on “how do we fight infections?” and more towards “how do we survive infections?”.

Available from: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/16/sciadv.abc1518.full.pdf

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