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Rapid Review Update 1: What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid and substance use and related harms?
(2020-09-21)The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures are having broad effects across the population, and are likely to have pronounced effects for people who use opioids and other illicit substances, due to potential ... -
Rapid Review Update 3: What is known on the potential for COVID-19 re-infection, including new transmission after recovery?
(2020-09-28)Background: The potential for COVID-19 re-infection is an important public health issue, as potential for re- infection will significantly impact future infection prevention and control measures, particularly related to ... -
Rapid Review Update 7: What is the specific role of daycares and schools in COVID-19 transmission?
(2020-09-23)Background: As jurisdictions continue to lift restrictions implemented to slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), they face major decisions about how to re-open and operate schools and daycares. While ... -
Rapid Viral Diagnosis and Ambulatory Management of Suspected COVID-19 Cases Presenting at the Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Marseille, France, - January 31st to March 1st, 2020: A Respiratory Virus Snapshot
(2020-03-20)Background: Rapid virological diagnosis is needed to limit the length of isolation for suspected COVID-19 cases. Method: We managed the first 280 patients suspected to have COVID-19 through a rapid care circuit and ... -
Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components
(2016-06)The recent Zika virus outbreak highlights the need for low-cost diagnostics that can be rapidly developed for distribution and use in pandemic regions. Here, we report a pipeline for the rapid design, assembly, and validation ... -
Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen and molecular‐based tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
(2020-08-26)Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) and the resulting COVID‐19 pandemic present important diagnostic challenges. Several diagnostic strategies are available to identify or rule out ... -
Rapidly increasing cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 1 January to 15 March 2020
(2020-03-19)The cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is showing similar trends in European Union/European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom confirming that, while at a different stage depending on ... -
Rapidly managing pneumonia in older people during a pandemic
(2020-03-20)The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the risk faced by older adults, who are more susceptible to complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome, usually as a result of pneumonia. Comorbidities, ... -
Rate of Intensive Care Unit admission and outcomes among patients with coronavirus: A systematic review and Meta-analysis
(2020-07-10)Background: The rate of ICU admission among patients with coronavirus varied from 3% to 100% and the mortality was as high as 86% of admitted patients. The objective of the systematic review was to investigate the rate of ... -
A Rational Use of Clozapine Based on Adverse Drug Reactions, Pharmacokinetics, and Clinical Pharmacopsychology
(2020-04-14)Using Richardson and Davidson’s model and the sciences of pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacopsychology, this article reviewed the: (1) poor life expectancy associated with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), which ... -
Rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Interim guidance, 19 March 2020
(2020-03-19)Background: This document summarizes WHO’s recommendations for the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care and community settings, as well as during the handling of cargo; in this context, PPE ... -
Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considerations during severe shortages. Interim guidance, 6 April 2020
(2020-04-06)Overview: This document summarizes WHO’s recommendations for the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care and home care settings, as well as during the handling of cargo; it also assesses the ... -
Reactive lymphocytes in patients with Covid‐19
(2020-04-16)From January 23 to February 27, 2020, Singapore had 96 Covid‐19 cases confirmed by real time reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) for SARS‐CoV‐2. We examined the peripheral blood films of 32 patients ... -
Recomendaciones clínicas basadas en evidencia COVID-19
(2020-03)En contexto de la pandemia COVID-19, en personas con hipertensión arterial que se encuentran en tratamiento con inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina (IECA) o bloqueadores del receptor de angiotensina II ... -
Recommendations for a safety dental care management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
(2020-04-10)As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted mainly through droplets, sneezes and aerosols, there is a high risk of transmission during dental procedures. This report describes measures ... -
Recommendations for Election Polling Locations, Interim guidance to prevent spread of coronavirus disease 2019
(2020-03-09)Background: There is much to learn about the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Based on what is currently known about this virus and similar coronaviruses, spread from person-to-person ... -
Recommendations for Implementing the CICOM Methodology during the COVID-19 Response. Version 3.1, 20 June 2020
(2020-06-20)The technical recommendations in this guide provide information on the methodology for setting up medical coordination and information cells (CICOM, Spanish acronym) as a key function of health emergency operations centers ... -
Recommendations for Preparing Disinfecting Solution in Health Establishments, 9 April 2020
(2020-04-09)The concentration of sodium hypochlorite available in the country must be used to prepare the disinfecting solution according to the intended use, following the indications presented in this document. -
Recommendations for the measurement of the QT interval during the use of drugs for COVID-19 infection treatment. Updatable in accordance with the availability of new evidence
(2020-05-16)COVID-19 infection has shown rapid growth worldwide, and different therapies have been proposed for treatment, in particular, the combination of immune response modulating drugs such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine ... -
Recommendations to expand access to hand washing and its proper use
(2020-05-04)Promoting handwashing is essential to minimize transmission of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and to save lives. One of the most commons ways of transmission of SARS-COV-2 is from contaminated hands touching ...