Mon April 06 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – NICE Publishes new COVID-19 Guidelines

News Release: NICE publishes new COVID-19 guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorders and symptom management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

• COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma
• COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
• COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
• COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community

See other recent NICE Guidelines on COVID-19: COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of radiotherapy AND COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments

2 – Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission – Centers – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commentaries: The CDC Now Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks – Wired AND Everyone should wear face ‘masks’ in public, CDC now recommends – Live Science AND CDC Now Recommends Americans Consider Wearing Cloth Face Coverings In Public – NPR AND The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public – Vox AND The CDC is recommending that people wear face coverings or cloth masks if they go out in public – Business Insider

“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”

3 – Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commentary: What’s the Best Material for a Mask? – The New York Times

4 – Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks – Nature

Commentaries: Why wear face masks in public? Here’s what the research shows – The Conversation AND The new coronavirus might spread when people talk, but scientists say masks can help – The Telegraph AND Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance – University of Maryland

Related: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions – National Geographic

5 – COVID-19: Thrombosis, Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Guideline: Practical guidance for the prevention of thrombosis and management of coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation of patients infected with COVID-19 – Thrombosis UK

Observational Studies: Anticoagulant treatment is associated with decreased mortality in severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients with coagulopathy – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis AND Abnormal Coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (free PDF)

Q & A: COVID-19 and Coagulopathy: Frequently Asked Questions – American Society of Hematology

6 – Editorial: COVID-19 pneumonia: different respiratory treatment for different phenotypes? – Intensive Care Medicine

Related: Covid-19 Does Not Lead to a “Typical” Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

7 – The FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro – Antiviral Research

Commentary: Possible coronavirus drug identified by Australian scientists – Monash University

8 – No Evidence of Rapid Antiviral Clearance or Clinical Benefit with the Combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection – Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses

9 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection and Renin Angiotensin System Blockers – JAMA

Related: The Dilemma of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From Cardiovascular Aging Science – JAMA Cardiology AND Controversies of renin–angiotensin system inhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Reviews Nephrology

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 06 April 2020 Edition

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