Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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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 ... -
Recommendations to Member States to improve hand hygiene practices to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Interim guidance, 1 April 2020
(2020-04-01)Recommendations: Member States to improve hand hygiene practices widely to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus by: 1. Providing universal access to public hand hygiene stations and making their use obligatory ... -
Recommended immunization schedules: Canadian Immunization Guide
(2020-01-30)General recommendations: Administration of vaccines in accordance with the immunization schedules summarized in the following tables will provide optimal protection from vaccine preventable diseases for most individuals. ... -
Recruitment manoeuvres during mechanical ventilation reduce the risk of a critically ill patient dying in the intensive care unit
(2020-03-16)Citation: Hodgson C, Goligher EC, Young ME, et al. Recruitment manoeuvres for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving mechanical ventilation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016; (11): CD006667. What ... -
Rehabilitation considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
(2020-04-26)Key messages: − Severe cases of COVID-19 are associated with rehabilitation needs related to the consequences of ventilatory support, and prolonged immobilization and bed rest. These may include: − Impaired lung function; ... -
Related Health Factors of Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
(2020-06-02)Measures to prevent and contain the COVID-19 health crisis include population confinement, with the consequent isolation and interruption of their usual activities. The aim of the study is to analyse psychological distress ... -
Relationship between pregnancy and coronavirus: what we know
(2020-06-04)The identification in China in December 2019 of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) immediately rekindled the spotlight on a problem also addressed in the past during the epidemics of SARS in 2002–2003 and MERS in 2012: the ...