Thursday 9 April 2020

Worcestershire Health Libraries: Latest COVID-19 Research —09/04/20




Title: Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China
Description: This study aimed to determine whether the temperature is an essential factor in the infection caused by this novel coronavirus.
Title: Rapid Des
ign and Implementation of an Integrated Patient Self-Triage and Self-Scheduling Tool for COVID-19
Description: Patient self-triage tools integrated into electronic health record systems have the potential to greatly       improve triage efficiency and prevent unnecessary visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.



Title: Impact of school closures for COVID-19 on the US health-care workforce and net mortality: a modelling study
Description: School closures come with many trade-offs. The authors aimed to measure child-care obligations for health-care workers arising from school closures when these are used as a social distancing measure.
Title: Facing COVID-19 in [the] Ophthalmology department
Description: In this review, the authors present updated literature merged with their experience from hospitals in       Bergamo, the epicenter of the COVID-19 European outbreak. 
Title: Delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
Description: The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of patients with cancer and make the best use of NHS resources, while protecting staff from infection.


Title: Covid-19: testing times
Description: The author states that there has been inadequate access to appropriate diagnostic tests globally and confusion among healthcare professionals and the public about prioritisation of testing and interpretation of results.

Title: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation after hospital admission with covid-19
Description: The author discusses how the balance of CPR benefits and risks has changed, and how practice must change with alongside that.



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