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Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:52h | UTCFace Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review – Preprints
Related Analysis: Face Masks for the Public During the Covid-19 Crisis
Practice Changing? – Assessment of an Unplanned Extubation Bundle to Reduce Unplanned Extubations in Critically Ill Neonates, Infants, and Children
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:36h | UTC
Systematic Review: Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes with COVID‐19
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:41h | UTC
Updated Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Clinicians
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:02h | UTCUpdated guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for clinicians – Intensive Care Society
Related: Clinical guidance for intensive care and anesthetics AND COVID-19: guidance for health professionals – GOV.UK
Surgery in COVID-19 Patients: Operational Directives
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:03h | UTCSurgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
AHA Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:20h | UTCNews Release: Interim CPR guidelines address challenges of providing resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic – American Heart Association
Related Commentary on Twitter
The AHA, with several other health care organizations, has compiled interim guidance to help rescuers treat victims of cardiac arrest with suspected or confirmed #COVID19. Healthcare workers are the highest risk group for contracting COVID-19. Learn more: https://t.co/0HFeIJGoSS pic.twitter.com/EE4KxaM9BC
— AHA Science (@AHAScience) April 9, 2020
Children’s Story Books Released to Help Children Cope with COVID-19
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:09h | UTC1 – News Release: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19 – World Health Organization AND Book 1: My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19
2 – News Releases: Hans and the Gruffalo? LSHTM supporting children’s COVID-19 education – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine AND Released today: a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler – Nosy Crow AND Book 2: Coronavirus: A Book for Children
NCCN Guidance: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:17h | UTCNews Release: JNCCN: Improving COVID-19 safety for cancer patients and healthcare providers – National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Analysis: Face Masks for the Public During the Covid-19 Crisis
10 Apr, 2020 | 02:58h | UTCFace masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis – The BMJ
Commentary: Time to encourage people to wear face masks as a precaution, say experts – The BMJ
Related: Covid-19: What is the evidence for cloth masks? – The BMJ AND Covid-19: Should cloth masks be used by healthcare workers as a last resort? – The BMJ
“- The precautionary principle states we should sometimes act without definitive evidence, just in case
– Whether masks will reduce transmission of covid-19 in the general public is contested
– Even limited protection could prevent some transmission of covid-19 and save lives
– Because covid-19 is such a serious threat, wearing masks in public should be advised”
See also: CDC Now Recommends Wearing Cloth Face Coverings in Public Settings (statement and commentaries)
Managing the Supportive Care Needs of Those Affected by COVID-19
10 Apr, 2020 | 03:01h | UTCManaging the supportive care needs of those affected by COVID-19 – European Respiratory Journal
Podcast: Reusing Face Masks and N95 Respirators
10 Apr, 2020 | 02:54h | UTCCoronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Reusing Face Masks and N95 Respirators – JAMA
Related Report: N95 mask can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency – Stanford Medicine
Related Website: N95DECON: A scientific consortium for data-driven study of N95 filtering facepiece respirator decontamination AND Commentary: New website explains how hospitals can decontaminate and reuse scarce N95 masks to fight COVID-19 – Stanford News
Related Guidance: N95 Re-Use Instructions – SAGES
Taking Care of COVID-19 Survivors
9 Apr, 2020 | 03:17h | UTCFor survivors of severe COVID-19, beating the virus is just the beginning – Science
WHO Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19
8 Apr, 2020 | 01:33h | UTCAdvice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentary: Expert reaction to new WHO advice on use of facemasks in the context of COVID-19 – Science Media Centre
WHO Report: State of the World’s Nursing Report – 2020
8 Apr, 2020 | 01:30h | UTCState of the World’s Nursing Report – 2020 – World Health Organization
Commentary: Six Million More Nurses Needed Ensure Health for All by 2030, Says New WHO Report – Health Policy Watch AND WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses – International Council of Nurses
Editorial: The status of nursing and midwifery in the world – The Lancet
AAP Guideline: Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:37h | UTCManagement of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19 – American Academy of Pediatrics
News Release: AAP issues guidance on infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 – American Academy of Pediatrics
Study: Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:24h | UTCCommentary: Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filter SARS COV-2 – American College of Physicians
Editorial: Is CPR Justified for Hospital Patients with Covid-19?
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTCEditorial: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation after Hospital Admission with Covid-19 – The BMJ
“This pandemic has changed the risk-benefit balance for CPR: from “there is no harm in trying” to “there is little benefit to the patient, and potentially significant harm to staff.””
Meta-Analysis: Medical Masks vs. N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID‐19 in Health Care Workers
7 Apr, 2020 | 04:22h | UTCCommentary: Surgical masks likely good for most COVID-19 treatment – McMaster University
NICE Publishes new COVID-19 Guidelines
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:57h | UTC- News Release: NICE publishes new COVID-19 guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorders and symptom management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
See other recent NICE Guidelines on COVID-19: COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
Study: Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow Spreading of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:55h | UTCRespiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks – Nature
Commentaries: Why wear face masks in public? Here’s what the research shows – The Conversation AND The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help – The Telegraph AND Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance – University of Maryland
Related: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions – National Geographic
CDC Now Recommends Wearing Cloth Face Coverings in Public Settings
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:53h | UTCCommentaries: The CDC Now Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks – Wired AND Everyone should wear face ‘masks’ in public, CDC now recommends – Live Science AND CDC Now Recommends Americans Consider Wearing Cloth Face Coverings In Public – NPR AND The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public – Vox AND The CDC is recommending that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they go out in public – Business Insider
“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”
CDC Guideline: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:51h | UTCCommentary: What’s the Best Material for a Mask? – The New York Times
COVID-19: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:31h | UTCRapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 – NEJM Catalyst
Related: Telemedicine in the Time of Coronavirus – Journal of Pain and Symptom Management AND The rise of telemedicine: How COVID-19 is fundamentally changing healthcare for all of us – Medium AND Telemedicine is essential amid the covid-19 crisis and after it – The Economist AND Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine AND Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak – The New York Times AND Telemedicine Arrives in the U.K.: ‘10 Years of Change in One Week’ – New York Times AND The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Finally Make Telemedicine Mainstream in the U.S. – TIME (free)
The Covid-19 Crisis too Few are Talking About: Health Care Workers’ Mental Health
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:25h | UTCThe Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health – STAT
Related: Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study – Brain, Behavior, and Immunity AND Mental Health Needs of Health Care Workers Providing Frontline COVID-19 Care – JAMA Health Forum AND Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
How Hospitals Can Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers From COVID-19
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:04h | UTCHow Hospitals Can Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers From COVID-19 – Medium
Related Commentary on Twitter
It's not just the missing masks in hospitals. Here's some lessons learned from countries that suffered the 1st wave of #COVID19 to protect the #healthcare workforcehttps://t.co/u6rSX8dlEw@realSharonZhou @RoseLikeTheFlwr @ronlivs @AndrewYNg pic.twitter.com/173iJYtWEi
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 2, 2020