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Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected | WHO
22 Mar, 2020This 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 ... -
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an openlabel non-randomized clinical trial (Preprint)
22 Mar, 2020Background 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. Un... -
ASGE recommendation for endoscopy
20 Mar, 2020
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 ... -
SAGES recommendations for surgeons
20 Mar, 2020
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 ... -
AJOG recommendations for COVID-19
19 Mar, 2020
American Journal of Obstetrics Gynaecology has released a short video content with important information related to COVID-19.
Click the link to access to the video
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High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19
19 Mar, 2020
High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19
