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Hospital surge capacity during epidemics
(2020-03-18)What is this? A major challenge for those responding to COVID-19 is the increase in demand for hospital care. This summary is of a systematic review of hospital surge capacity for epidemics of dengue, which may provide ... -
COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak. Interim guidance, 25 March 2020
(2020-03-25)Introduction and overview: Health systems are being confronted with rapidly increasing demand generated by the COVID-19 outbreak. When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect ... -
Requirements and technical specifications of personal protective. Interim recommendations, 2 February 2020
(2020-02-02)respiratory illness among people exposed in a seafood market in Wuhan, China; • Human-to-human transmission has been documented, including in healthcare workers, and aerosol-generating procedures (AGP)† may play a role in ... -
Global Telemedicine Implementation and Integration Within Health Systems to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action
(2020-04-02)On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic, with over 720,000 cases reported in more than 203 countries as of 31 March. The response strategy ... -
Technical specifications of medical devices for the case management of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. Interim recommendations, 3 March 2020
(2020-06-04)• In December 2019 a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of pneumonia (COVID-19) among people exposed to a seafood market in Wuhan, China. • There are gaps in the knowledge about the natural ... -
Out-of-Hospital Cohort Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients with Mild Symptoms in Korea: an Experience from a Single Community Treatment Center
(2020-04-06)The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a worldwide pandemic. Less than 6 weeks after the first confirmed cases in Korea, the patient number exceeded 5,000, which overcrowded limited hospital resources ... -
Containing COVID‐19 in the emergency room: the role of improved case detection and segregation of suspect cases
(2020-04-12)[Abstract]. Aims: Patients with COVID‐19 may present with respiratory syndromes indistinguishable from common viruses. This poses a challenge for early detection during triage at the emergency department (ED). Over a 3‐month ... -
Phase- and epidemic region-adjusted estimation of the number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in China
(2020-03-31)The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019 and gradually spread to other areas in China. After implementation of prevention and control measures, the estimation of the epidemic ... -
Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-04-07)Hospitals have severely curtailed the performance of non-urgent surgical procedures in anticipation of the need to redeploy healthcare resources to meet the projected massive medical needs of patients with Coronavirus ... -
Experience summary of a COVID-19 designated community hospital and its operation model
(2020-04-14)OBJECT: To summarize the administration model of a COVID-19 designated hospital transformed from a community hospital to improve the emergency capacity of community hospitals and the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment ...