Evidence Summaries

DynaMed  topic update –  COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

COVID-19 and Special Populations

COVID-19 and cancer patients

COVID-19 and pregnant patients

COVID-19 and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

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BMJ Best Practice Corona virus dosease (COVID-19)  –  update on COVID-19 pandemic  password free access available on the intranet

UpToDate – Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)  (UpToDate expanded access to all Clinicians on the following)

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Clinical features, diagnosis, and complications in adults

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Supportive care and oxygenation in adults

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, pathology, and etiology in adults

Ventilation:

Ventilator management strategies for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Prone ventilation for adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Coronavirus:

Evidence Aid – Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection

UNCOVER (Usher Network for COVid-19 Evidence Reviews

Evidence searches

The librarians can undertake COVID-19 evidence / literature searches for Trust staff. Complete the online form or send us an email to let us know the details.  Request a search

COVID-19 Staff Publications

Information for Patients & Carers

Health Information for Patients

BBC Health News

The PM wants to strip GPs of power to issue sick notes but Labour says he has run out of ideas.
Specialist clinics are helping increasing numbers of young ketamine users with damaged bladders.
The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.
It follows a landmark review of gender services in England which warned of a lack of research.
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.
Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.
The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes.
Younger women could benefit from targeted interventions to tackle the apparent rise, researchers say.
The implentation of a UK childhood stroke registry is critical, a paediatric consultant says.
Swedes have been able to change their legally recognised gender since 1972 - but this will make it easier.