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

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COVID-19 Staff Publications

Information for Patients & Carers

Health Information for Patients

BBC Health News

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are "still under way".
Two survivors who caught the hantavirus years earlier told the BBC they both felt lucky to be alive.
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Anaemia and the new dementia link
Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
The Andes strain of the virus, which can rarely be passed from person to person, has been confirmed in some passengers.
Rapper Professor Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has long been open about his mental health difficulties and has joined up with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy which reports seven in 10 men don’t seek support until they hit crisis point.
While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.
South Africa's health ministry said the Andes strain of the virus was found in two confirmed cases linked to the outbreak.