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60 Coronavirus Bulletin— 07/04/21

 

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60 Coronavirus Bulletin— 07/04/21

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Article—Diabetes-related acute metabolic emergencies in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

COVID-19 is associated with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) and euglycaemic DKA (EDKA); however, evidence regarding parameters affecting outcome and mortality rates is scarce.

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Article COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia: A review of chest radiograph and computed tomography findings.

Medical imaging, including chest radiography and computed tomography, plays a major role in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia. This review aims to summarise current information on this topic based on the existing literature.

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Article—Thromboembolism and the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: side-effect or coincidence?

Danish registry study (n=4, 915 ,426, 9 years of data) suggests that the reported number of thromboembolic events with the AZ vaccine does not seem to be increased vs incidence rates from the entire Danish population before the introduction of the vaccination programme.

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Article—Post-covid syndrome in individuals admitted to hospital with covid-19: retrospective cohort study

Study (n=47 780 at NHS hospitals in England) found those discharged from hospital after covid-19 had increased rates of multiorgan dysfunction compared with the expected risk in the general population; over mean of 140 days, ~ third of discharged patients were readmitted.

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Article—Adherence to the test, trace, and isolate system in the UK: results from 37 nationally representative surveys

Findings from 37 nationally representative surveys in the UK, 2 March 2020 to 27 January 2021 (74 697 responses from 53 880 people) suggest levels of adherence to test, trace, and isolate are low, although some improvement has occurred

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Guidance—NICE publishes single guideline for managing COVID-19

One year on from the first national lockdown, NICE has today (23 March) published a single guideline for the management of COVID-19 in children and adults.

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 Statistics—Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, antibody and vaccination data for the UK: 30 March 2021

Antibody and vaccination data by UK country and regions in England from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey. This survey is being delivered in partnership with University of Oxford, University of Manchester, Public Health England and Wellcome Trust.

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Report— Volunteering, Covid & integrated care: challenges & opportunities

This report, produced in partnership with Public Policy Project, argues that the volunteer resource available during Covid-19 must be permanently embedded into the NHS and social care to deliver on proposed government health care reforms and achieve better outcomes for communities.

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