How does COVID-19 kill? Uncertainty over whether it is the virus itself — or the response by a person’s immune system — that ultimately overwhelms a patient’s organs, is making it difficult for doctors to determine the best way to treat patients who are critically ill with the coronavirus.
Clinical data suggest that the immune system plays a part in the decline and death of people infected with the new coronavirus, and this has spurred a push for treatments such as steroids that rein in th...

Under WHO’s coordination, a group of experts with diverse backgrounds is working towards the development of vaccines against COVID-19.

The group makes a call to everyone to follow recommendations to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and protect the health of individuals. The group also thanks everyone for putting their trust in the scientific community.



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Michael J. Loeffelholza and Yi-Wei Tangb published in Emerging Microbes & Infections a state of the art of the current laboratory methods available for testing coronaviruses. For the study, the authors focused on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak going on in Wuhan. 
Viral pneumonias typically do not result in the production of purulent sputum. Thus, a nasopharyngeal swab is usually the collection method used to obtain a specimen for testing. Nasopharyngeal specim...

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This video-tutorial shows basis about Pulmonary CT- angiogram.

Font: Thoracic radiology

Why is this relevant?
In tackling the COVID-19 outbreak workers will be faced with a lot of uncertainty and may, at times, encounter scary situations. This can lead to a sense of threat and result in feelings of anxiety and fear. A major source of anxiety and fear is likely to be related to the possibility of contracting the virus from sick patients.

Here you have the panel discussion of the second event talking about MIS during COVID19 outbreak.

Dr. Manish Chand gives his lecture about new tools to optimize outcomes. 

Dr. Borja de Lacy gives his lecture about what is the current status of transanal endoscopic surgery and TaTME.

Dr. Boni gives his lecture about contraindications of MIS.

Dr. Xiujun Cai gives his lecture about advantage to robotic surgery.

Dr. Abe Fingerhut gives his lecture about: Should we revert to  open surgery?