Recent news/documents

28/11/21

Update on Omicron – WHO

Moderna says an omicron variant vaccine could be ready in early 2022 – CNBC

25/11/21

Heavily mutated Omicron variant puts scientists on alert – Nature

09/21

The Experiences of Primary Healthcare Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia – J Nurs Scholarsh

21/08/20

• Intensive Critical Care Society (ICS) guidance on decision making during a pandemic – Journal of the Intensive Care Society

27/07/20

• COVID-19 rapid guideline: arranging planned care in hospitals and diagnostic services 

10/07/20

• What are the risk factors and effectiveness of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients?

29/06/20

• NICE – COVID-19 rapid evidence summary: vitamin D for COVID-19  

25/06/20

• ICMAnaesthesia updated Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus pandemic

19/06/20

• NICE: COVID 19 rapid guideline: renal transplantation

15/06/20

• After-care needs of inpatients recovering from COVID-19 – NHS England            
• Managing theatre processes for planned surgery between COVID-19 surges – Royal College of Surgeons        

08/06/20

• Extended use or re-use of single-use surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators: A rapid evidence review – CEBM

05/06/20

• Remdesivir for treating hospitalised patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19  – NICE

04/06/20

• COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes – Public Health England

03/06/20

• Loneliness, but not social isolation, predicts development of dementia in older people – National Institute of Health Research
• Critical Illness: Essential medicines information to support complex decision-making in critical care. – Medicines Complete Toolkit, Freely available online https://about.medicinescomplete.com/publication/critical-illness/[We are currently developing a resource to guide the most effective treatment for adult patients in intensive care. Due to these exceptional circumstances we are releasing as much content as we can now and at no charge, to support the NHS and MedicinesComplete users working in critical care during the COVID-19 crisis. The advance release comprises 6 monographs considered core for critical care units (voriconazole; piperacillin with tazobactam; ceftriaxone; fentanyl; propofol; gentamicin).]