Background Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been found to be efficient on SARS-CoV-2, and reported to be efficient in Chinese COV-19 patients. We evaluate the role of hydroxychloroquine on respiratory viral loads. 
Patients and methods Patients were included in a single arm protocol to receive 600mg of hydroxychloroquine daily and their viral load in nasal swabs was tested daily. Depending on their clinical presentation, azithromycin was added to the treatment. Untreated patient...

This is the second edition (version 1.2) of this document, which was originally adapted from Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when MERS-CoV infection is suspected (WHO, 2019). 
It is intended for clinicians involved in the care of adult, pregnant, and paediatric patients with or at risk for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when infection with the COVID-19 virus is suspected. Considerations for paediatric patients and pregnant women are highlighted throu...

Since the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, the virus has spread to 32 countries, infecting more than 80000 people and causing over 2600 deaths globally. The viral infection causes a series of respiratory illness including severe respiratory syndrome, indicating the virus most likely infects respiratory epithelial cells and spreads mainly via respiratory tract from human to human. However, viral target cells and organs haven’t been fully ...

Dr. Charlene Babcock show how to ventilate two patients with the same ventilator.

This information is based in the paper "A Single Ventilator for Multiple Simulated Patients to Meet Disaster Surge" from Greg Neyman,MD and Charlene BabcockIrvin, MD.

The week known and renown platform UpToDate provides open access to clinical content on COVID-19 infection.This is another great initiative of scientific platforms that intents to help healthcare professionals fight the Pandemic we are currently livingBravo!!!

Information and guidance from the WHO on the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019 can be found on this website. Updated information is on this page. daily.WHO is working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge about this new virus, track its spread and virulence, and advise countries and individuals on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of the ...

Recommendations for GI endoscopy and clinic practices:
Strongly consider rescheduling elective non-urgent endoscopic procedures. Some non-urgent procedures are higher priority and may need to be performed (examples include cancer evaluations, prosthetic removals, evaluation of significant symptoms). Classification of procedures into non-urgent/postpone and non-urgent/perform may be useful. Of note, the Surgeon General on 3/14/20 advised hospitals to postpone all elective surgeries5...

SAGES is committed to the protection and care of patients, their surgeons and staff, and all who are served by the medical community at large. Through this prism, the following recommendations are made in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1. All elective surgical and endoscopic cases should be postponed at the current time. There are different levels of urgency related to patient needs, and judgment is required to discern between these. However, with the numbers of COVID-19 patients ...

A Solidarity Response Fund will raise money from a wide range of donors to support the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to help countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 


The fund, the first-of-its-kind, enables private individuals, corporations and institutions anywhere in the world to come together to directly contribute to global response efforts, and has been created by the United Nations Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, together with ...