Thu May 07 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19

Related IDSA Coronavirus Guidelines: Part 1: Treatment and Management AND Part 2: Infection Prevention

2 – Molecular testing for acute respiratory tract infections: clinical and diagnostic recommendations from the IDSA’s Diagnostics Committee – Clinical Infectious Diseases

3 – COVID-19 rapid guideline: acute kidney injury in hospital – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

4 – Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA

5 – AGS Position Statement: Resource Allocation Strategies and Age‐Related Considerations in the COVID‐19 Era and Beyond – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

News Release: Position statement addresses difficult issue: allocating scare resources in COVID-19 era – American Geriatrics Society

“Age should never be used as a means for categorically excluding someone from what is ordinarily the standard of care, nor should age “cut-offs” be used in allocation strategies.”

6 – Hyperinflammatory shock in children during COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet

Commentaries: Researchers report “unprecedented cluster” of inflammatory problems in children amid pandemic – CNN AND Expert reaction to report on 8 children with hyperinflammatory shock during the COVID-19 pandemic – Science Media Centre AND Mysterious inflammatory syndrome in children potentially linked to COVID-19 reported in Montreal – National Post AND A New Coronavirus Threat to Children – The New York Times AND What to Know About Kawasaki Disease, the Pediatric Inflammatory Condition Possibly Linked to COVID-19 – TIME AND Kawasaki Disease—The Latest Weird Illness From Coronavirus – Forbes

7 – Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study – Annal of Internal Medicine

Related Study: Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

8 – Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation with In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Commentaries: Giving blood thinners to severely ill Covid-19 patients is gaining ground – STAT AND Blood thinners may improve survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients – Mount Sinai Hospital AND Anticoagulation Associated With Improved Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients – American College of Cardiology AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood thinners in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 – Science Media Centre

9 – Acute limb ischaemia in two young, non-atherosclerotic patients with COVID-19 – The Lancet

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 07 May 2020 Edition

07 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)