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Research from The BMJ FreeUpdated 13 September
Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol
An easy-to-use risk stratification score has been developed and validated
Clinical manifestations and outcomes of covid-19 in pregnancy
Pregnant women with covid-19 are less likely to have symptoms, may more likely need intensive care
Clinical characteristics of children admitted to hospital with covid-19
Children have less severe covid-19 than adults and death is exceptionally rare
Drug treatments for covid-19
Glucocorticoids may reduce mortality in covid-19 patients
Physical distancing interventions and incidence of covid-19
Physical distancing interventions associated with lower incidence of covid-19
Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19
Lack of evidence to show tests are effective
Use of PPE against covid-19 by healthcare professionals
Frontline HCWs who were appropriately protected did not contract infection
Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during covid-19
Condition is rare but findings should prompt high vigilance
Latest from The BMJ FreeUpdated 21 September
News and Features
Covid-19: Act now to avoid second lockdown, says Independent SAGE
Independent SAGE has published an emergency 10 point plan
Covid-19: What’s going wrong with testing in the UK?
Jacqui Wise examines the key questions around the current lack of access to tests in the community
Uruguay is winning against covid-19. This is how
Uruguay is Latin America’s positive outlier in a region ravaged by the pandemic
Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
Peter Doshi explores the emerging research on immunological responses
Covid-19: Experts divide into two camps of action
Opinion on how to tackle the pandemic is dividing
Covid-19: Government must learn lessons from deaths before winter
The UK government should immediately organise a quick interim review into deaths from covid-19
Editorials
Safely returning clinically vulnerable people to work
Widespread unemployment would be worse for population health than covid -19
Rising numbers of positive covid-19 tests in the UK
How concerned should we be?
Covid-19 in the workplace
Reporting guidance should reflect risks to a wide range of workers
Opinion
Give local leaders control of covid-19 test and trace
The limits of centralised planning are now in plain sight
Covid-19: An open letter to the UK’s chief medical officers
A group of experts have written to the UK CMOs and GCSA, expressing concern about a second wave of covid-19
Is it safe to go to hospital or visit my GP—patients want to know
The NHS has to go beyond telling people to attend hospital and GP services
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- Operation Moonshot: What do the leaked documents say?
How does the government propose carrying out its covid-19 mass testing scheme
- Is the UK carrying out more tests than anywhere else in Europe?
Is Boris Johnson's claim accurate?
- Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care
What are the clinical manifestations of long covid
- UK studies find gastrointestinal symptoms are common in children
Gastrointestinal symptoms in children should trigger tests for the virus,
- Long covid: How to define it and how to manage it
Nikki Nabavi reports on a recent BMJ webinar
Latest from BMJ Journals FreeUpdated 21 September
Adaptations to the current ECCO/ESPGHAN guidelines on the management of paediatric acute severe colitis in the COVID-19 pandemic
Gut
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and asymptomatic viral carriage in healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study
Thorax
The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Hydroxychloroquine use in COVID-19: is the risk of cardiovascular toxicity justified?
Open Heart
The impact of COVID-19 on contraception and abortion care policy and practice
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Last-resort strategies during mask shortages
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases
Cross-sectional study on the role of public awareness in preventing the spread of COVID-19 outbreak in India
Postgraduate Medical Journal
Vimentin as a target for the treatment of COVID-19
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Predicted COVID-19 fatality rates based on age, sex, comorbidities and health system capacity
BMJ Global Health
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