Tue April 07 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – COVID‐19: Interim Guidance on Management Pending Empirical Evidence. From an American Thoracic Society‐led International Task Force

Commentary: ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management – American Thoracic Society

2 – Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19 – American Academy of Pediatrics

News Release: AAP issues guidance on infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 – American Academy of Pediatrics

FAQs: Management of Infants Born to Mothers with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 – American Academy of Pediatrics

Commentary: Policy statement outlines recommendations on management of infants born to mothers with COVID-19 – 2 Minute Medicine

3 –  Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in children with COVID-19 – Intensive Care Society

4 – Editorial: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation after Hospital Admission with Covid-19 – The BMJ

“This pandemic has changed the risk-benefit balance for CPR: from “there is no harm in trying” to “there is little benefit to the patient, and potentially significant harm to staff.””

5 – Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2: A Controlled Comparison in 4 Patients – Annals of Internal Medicine

Commentary: Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filter SARS COV-2 – American College of Physicians

6 – Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns

• How Will We Know When It’s Time to Reopen the Nation? – The New York Times
• Lockdown Can’t Last Forever. Here’s How to Lift It. – The New York Times
• When Can We Lift the Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions? Not Before Taking These Steps – Scientific American

7 – Medical Masks vs N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID‐19 in Health Care Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials – Influenza

Commentary: Surgical masks likely good for most COVID-19 treatment – McMaster University

8 – Observational Studies: Countries with Universal BCG Vaccination Policy May Have Reduced Mortality from COVID-19

[Preprint] Differential COVID-19-attributable mortality and BCG vaccine use in countries – medRxiv

[Preprint] Association of BCG vaccination policy with prevalence and mortality of COVID-19 – medRxiv

See also: [Preprint] Observational Study: Countries with Universal BCG Vaccination Policy May Have Reduced Morbidity and Mortality for COVID-19 (study and commentaries)

9 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children — United States, February 12–April 2, 2020 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commentaries: U.S. Children With COVID-19 Less Likely To Be Hospitalized Than Adults – NPR AND Why Children Seem to Be Less Affected By the Coronavirus – TIME

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 07 April 2020 Edition

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