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Research from The BMJ FreeUpdated 22 May
Features of 20 133 patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol
Obesity, chronic kidney disease, and liver disease were also associated with increased hospital mortality
Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness
Age, heart failure, male sex, chronic kidney disease, and obesity were associated with hospital admission and development of critical illness once admitted
Incidence, clinical outcomes, and transmission dynamics of severe coronavirus disease 2019
The probabilities of ICU admission, of long hospital stay, and of mortality were identified to be high in this study
Hydroxychloroquine in patients with mainly mild to moderate covid-19
Hydroxychloroquine did not help patients clear the virus more quickly than standard care
Psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers
What can we learn from previous outbreaks about how to mitigate psychological distress
Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 infection
Existing prediction models are poorly reported, at high risk of bias, and their reported performance is probably optimistic
Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2
Patients with severe disease showed longer duration of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples, higher viral load, and a later shedding peak
Use of all cause mortality to quantify the consequences of covid-19
All cause mortality represents an important metric to quantify the burden of a pandemic
Latest from The BMJ FreeUpdated 22 May
News and Features
Two antibody tests are “highly specific” but vary in sensitivity, evaluations find
Two tests for covid-19 antibodies have lower sensitivity than was previously reported
Covid-19 and thrombosis: what do we know about the risks and treatment?
Doctors are seeing high rates of blood clots in patients who are seriously ill with covid-19, but questions remain over best practice
How covid-19 is accelerating the threat of antimicrobial resistance
Healthcare responses to the novel coronavirus may be hastening another long looming public health threat
Alarm bells ring for patient data and privacy in the covid-19 goldrush
Patient data are being used on an unprecedented scale
PPE: what now for the global supply chain?
Covid-19 has turned the spotlight on healthcare supply chains, challenging 30 years of ever growing globalisation
Delaying school reopening by two weeks would halve risks to children, says iSAGE
New report by Independent SAGE advises school reopening should be delayed
Editorials
Public inquiry into UK’s response to covid-19
A rapid, transparent review is needed before a second wave
Covid-19 and alcohol—a dangerous cocktail
Tackling alcohol harms must be an integral part of the nation’s recovery
Covid-19 care before, during, and beyond the hospital
It’s time to shift the research focus to studies on living with this disease
Opinion
Less privileged in society are suffering the brunt of the damage
We need to look after ourselves and each other
We must learn from the experiences of people who have had covid-19
Don’t forget that behind every study and statistic is a person
Protecting “covid-protected” cancer hubs
Many patients still face risks from nosocomial transmissions
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Too little, too late, too flawed
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Paul Garner discusses his experience of having covid-19
- “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19
- Interpreting a covid-19 test result
How to apply test results to make optimal decisions about individual patients
- Covid-19: Testing testing
The UK locked down late and too gradually
Latest from BMJ Journals FreeUpdated 25 May
Research
Acute myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and impairs their prognosis
Heart
A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
BMJ Open
Baseline use of hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus erythematosus does not preclude SARS-CoV-2 infection
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Clinicopathological characteristics of 8697 patients with COVID-19 in China
Family medicine and community health
Characteristics of ischaemic stroke associated with COVID-19/a>
Wider covid-19 coverage
Reflections on leadership in the time of COVID-19
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
COVID-19: time for paradigm shift in the nexus between local, national and global health
BMJ Global Health
A fatal case of COVID-19 pneumonia occurring in a patient with severe acute ulcerative colitis
Gut
The tobacco industry in the time of COVID-19: time to shut it down?
Tobacco Control
Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
Stroke and Vascular Neurology
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