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Fri March 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

27 Mar, 2020 | 04:25h | UTC

 

1 – Report 12: The Global Impact of COVID-19 and Strategies for Mitigation and Suppression – Imperial College London

See also: Summary

Commentaries: Coronavirus: ‘Act early to save more than 30 million lives’ – BBC AND Study sees ‘severe and acute’ emergency for world in coronavirus pandemic – Reuters

 

2 – News Release: New COVID-19 Forecasts: US Hospitals Could Be Overwhelmed in the Second Week of April by Demand for ICU Beds, and US Deaths Could Total 81,000 by July – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Abstract: Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Preprint: Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months (PDF)

Commentaries: A new report warns that the coronavirus pandemic will overwhelm US hospitals and kill 81,000 people by July – Business Insider AND Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in U.S., subside in June – Washington University analysis – Reuters

 

3 – Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis

Related Article: Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures (free study and commentaries)

 

4 – Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies – Science

See also: How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian

 

5 – Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ

Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert

 

6 – Radiological Society of North America Expert Consensus Statement on Reporting Chest CT Findings Related to COVID-19. Endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Radiology, the American College of Radiology, and RSNA. – Radiology

See also: COVID-19: Updates for Radiologists

 

7 – Recommendation: Unproven Therapies for COVID-19 | March 24, 2020 – BC Centre for Disease Control

 

8 – What is the efficacy of standard face masks compared to respirator masks in preventing COVID-type respiratory illnesses in primary care staff? – Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service

 

9 – Typical and Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time to Retire the Terms? – Journal of the American Heart Association

 

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 27 March 2020 Edition

27 March 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)

 


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