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Research from The BMJ FreeUpdated 15 May
Clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with covid-19
Research does not support use of hydroxychloroquine in patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 who require oxygen
Hydroxychloroquine in patients with mainly mild to moderate covid-19
Hydroxychloroquine did not help patients clear the virus more quickly than standard care
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
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
Latest from The BMJ FreeUpdated 14 May
News and Features
Concerns rise as cases expand rapidly in South America
South America is braced for a rise in cases and deaths from covid-19
Hancock is urged to make testing strategy clearer
The UK Statistics Authority has urged the government to make its strategy clearer
How can I break bad news remotely?
Doctors share their advice on how to speak to patients when you can’t see them face-to-face
Ethics of reallocating ventilators in the covid-19 pandemic
How to protect vulnerable populations when making ethically fraught decisions
Covid-19 pandemic has derailed progress on sustainable development goals, says WHO
Rate of progress towards the SDGs is too slow
Pandemic exposes inequalities in global food systems
Covid-19 has exposed the vulnerability and weaknesses of already fragile global food systems
Editorials
The UK’s public health response to covid-19
Too little, too late, too flawed
Integrating implementation science into covid-19 response and recovery
We need an implementation science approach more than ever
Waste in covid-19 research
A deluge of poor quality research is sabotaging an effective evidence based response
Opinion
Covid-19—will this second phase be harder than the first?
We need to look after ourselves and each other
The duty to treat: where do the limits lie?
Does a point come when health professionals have a right not to treat seriously ill patients if their PPE is inadequate?
Rigorous investigation of healthcare workers’ deaths is indispensable
We must learn lessons and take action to save lives
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Paul Garner discusses his experience of having covid-19
- Reducing risks from coronavirus transmission in the home
Paul Little and colleagues call for better promotion of simple measures that can help reduce the spread and severity of infection
- Covid-19: Why Germany’s case fatality rate seems so low
Deaths are relatively few when compared with neighbouring countries
- Covid-19: the challenge of patient rehabilitation after intensive care
Jacqui Thornton examines how the NHS plans to meet a “tsunami of need” as patients leave ICU
- Covid-19: How can we safely exit lockdown?
Loosening the lockdown too much now will not do our health, the economy, or people’s livelihoods any good
Latest from BMJ Journals FreeUpdated 11 May
Research
Ocular manifestations of a hospitalised patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease
British Journal of Opthalmology
Gastrointestinal Symptoms of 95 Cases with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Gut
Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms
Gut
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of severe COVID-19 patients with diabetes
BMJ Open Diabetes
Ophthalmology practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Open Opthalmology
Wider covid-19 coverage
Reflections on leadership in the time of COVID-19
BMJ Leader
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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