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Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-26)Background: Estimating the risk of pre-existing comorbidities on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality may promote the importance of targeting populations at risk to improve survival. This systematic review and ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ... -
Atendimento domiciliar para pacientes com suspeita de infecção pelo novo coronavírus (2019-nCoV), que apresentam sintomas leves e manejo de contatos. Orientação temporária (4 fev. 2020)
(2020-02)[Introdução]: A OMS desenvolveu esta nota de aconselhamento rápido para atender à necessidade de recomendações sobre atendimento domiciliar seguro para pacientes com suspeita de infecção pelo novo coronavírus (2019-nCoV), ... -
Atendimento domiciliar para pacientes com suspeita ou confirmação de COVID-19 e gerenciamento de seus contatos. Orientação provisória, 12 de agosto de 2020
(2020-08-26)Objetivo da orientação: Este breve informe se destina a orientar os profissionais de saúde pública e de prevenção e controle de infecção (PCI), os gerentes de unidades de saúde, os profissionais de saúde a e outros ... -
Behavioural interventions to promote workers’ use of respiratory protective equipment: no evidence that they have much effect
(2020-03-24)What is this? Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is worn by a variety of workers to protect them from hazards they encounter in their workplace. However, RPE can only be effective if worn properly, removed safely and ... -
Biorisk assessment for infrastructure & biosafety requirements for the laboratories providing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2/(COVID-19) diagnosis
(2020)Novel coronavirus infection [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] has spread to more than 203 countries of various regions including Africa, America, Europe, South East Asia and Western Pacific. The WHO had declared COVID-19 ... -
BMJ Best Practice: Management of coexisting conditions in the context of COVID-19. Straight to the point of care
(2020-09-30)This page summarises important considerations for the care of people with co-existing medical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key points from guidance and position statements are summarised for each condition, and ... -
Can we use these masks? Rapid Assessment of the Inhalation Resistance Performance of Uncertified Medical Face Masks in the Context of Restricted Resources Imposed during a Public Health Emergency
(2020-05-19)In the case of a public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, access to large quantities of appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE) has presented a significant problem. A shortage of face masks and ... -
Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease is Associated With Severity and Mortality of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-08-27)At present, COVID-19 is raging all over the world. Many comorbidities, such as diabetes mellitus (OR = 2.67, 95% CI = 1.91–3.74) and hypertension (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.76–3.00), have been shown to worsen the patient’s ... -
A Case of Novel Coronavirus Disease 19 in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient Presenting with Gastroenteritis and Developing Severe Pulmonary Disease
(2020-03-28)Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious, rapidly spreading viral disease with an alarming case fatality rate up to 5%. The risk factors for severe presentations are concentrated in patients with ... -
Chapter of Gastroenterologists professional guidance on risk mitigation for gastrointestinal endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
(2020-04-03)[Abstract]. In this paper, we aimed to provide professional guidance to practising gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopists for the safe conduct of GI endoscopy procedures during the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ... -
Checklist for the Management of Human Resources for Health in Response to COVID-19, 6 May 2020
(2020-05-06)In order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, countries and health institutions must have the capacity to respond with human resources that are sufficient in quantity and possess the skills and capacities necessary to meet ... -
Checklist para avaliar a preparação, prevenção e controle da COVID-19 em prisões e outros locais de detenção
(2020-07-07)Esta checklist destina-se ao uso por formuladores de políticas e administradores de centros de detenção para avaliar o respectivo nível de preparação para prevenção e controle da COVID-19 em prisões e outros locais de ... -
Chest CT and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays for diagnosing COVID-19
(2020-07-16)Citation: Kim H, Hong H, Yoon SH. Diagnostic performance of CT and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for coronavirus disease 2019: a meta-analysis. Radiology. 2020 Apr 17:201343. What is this? Various methods ... -
Chlorhexidine bathing for infection control in critical care patients: Uncertain if it is better than soap and water
(2020-03-16)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will become critically ill, requiring treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) among such patients can lead to longer stays in the ICU, as well ... -
Chlorhexidine bathing of the critically ill for the prevention of hospital‐acquired infection
(2019-08-30)Background: Hospital‐acquired infection is a frequent adverse event in patient care; it can lead to longer stays in the intensive care unit (ICU), additional medical complications, permanent disability or death. Whilst all ... -
Clinical characteristics of 54 medical staff with COVID‐19: A retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China
(2020-03-29)In December 2019, an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐Cov‐2) infection occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread to worldwide, which has attracted many people's concerns about the patients. ... -
Clinical decision support tool and rapid point-of-care platform for determining disease severity in patients with COVID-19
(2020-06-03)SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which has reached pandemic levels resulting in significant morbidity and mortality affecting every inhabited continent. The large number of patients requiring ... -
Clinical laboratory characteristics of severe patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-09-15)Objectives: To identify clinical characteristics of severe patients with COVID-19. Methods: The WHO database of publications on COVID-19 and PubMed were searched from inception to March 20, 2020 and all valuable studies ...