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August 16, 2021

COVID-19 Recent Literature, Organized by Topic

As new literature is published, we will continue to update this list.

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Vaccine

  • Aug. 17 - Academic Emergency Medicine: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients in Two Urban Emergency Departments
  • May 27 - NEJM: Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Adolescents
  • Feb. 24 - NEJM: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting
  • Feb. 18 - Lancet: Early rate reductions of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 in BNT162b2 vaccine recipients
  • Dec. 31 - NEJM: Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
  • Dec. 30 - NEJM: Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
  • Dec. 10 - NEJM: Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

Clinical Assessment & Management

  • Dec. 22 - NEJM: A Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody for Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
  • Dec. 11 - JAMA: An EUA for Bamlanivimab—A Monoclonal Antibody for COVID-19
  • Dec. 2020 - J Am Osteopath Assoc: Remdesivir for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19: A Community Hospital's Experience
  • Nov. 20 - BMJ: Covid-19: What now for remdesivir?
  • Nov. 12 - JAMA: Fluvoxamine vs Placebo and Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients With Symptomatic COVID-19
  • Nov. 11 - NIH: Treatments for People with Early COVID-19 Infection is an Urgent Research Focus
  • Nov. 9 - JAMA: Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
  • Nov. 5 - Thrombosis Research: The effect of anticoagulation on clinical outcomes in novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia in a U.S. cohort
  • Oct. 28 - NEJM: SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody LY-CoV555 in Outpatients with Covid-19
  • Oct. 24 - Lancet: Lopinavir–ritonavir in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
  • Oct. 15 - medRxiv: Repurposed antiviral drugs for COVID-19 – interim WHO SOLIDARITY trial results
  • Oct. 2020 - ACEM: Return Hospital Admissions Among 1419 COVID-19 Patients Discharged from Five U.S. Emergency Departments
  • Sept. 21 - medRxiv: Hydroxychloroquine as pre-exposure prophylaxis for COVID-19 in healthcare workers: a randomized trial
  • Sept. 2 - JAMA: Effect of Hydrocortisone on 21-Day Mortality or Respiratory Support Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Sept. 2 - medRxiv: Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study
  • Sept. 1 - Circ: Giant T Wave Inversion and Dyspnea in the Time of Coronavirus Pandemic
  • Aug. 26 - Obesity Reviews: Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships
  • Aug. 21 - JAMA: Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19
  • July 23 - NEJM: Hydroxychloroquine with or without Azithromycin in Mild-to-Moderate Covid-19
  • July 16 - BMJ: The role of chest radiography in confirming covid-19 pneumonia
  • July 4 - AJEM: Initial emergency department mechanical ventilation strategies for COVID-19 hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS
  • July 3 - Journal Expert Review of Clinical Immunology: Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
  • July - CHEST: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of VTE in Patients With COVID-19
  • June 22 - medRxiv: Effect of Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Preliminary Report
  • June 30 - BMJ: Respiratory failure and non-invasive respiratory support during the covid-19 pandemic: an update for re-deployed hospital doctors and primary care physicians
  • June 19 - Lancet: Feasibility and physiological effects of prone positioning in non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 (PRON-COVID): a prospective cohort study
  • June 16 - ACEM: Diagnosing COVID‐19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Clinical Examinations, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Accuracy, and Biases
  • June 16 - Acta Paediatrica: Appropriate care for neonates born to mothers with COVID‐19 disease.
  • June 3 - JAMA: Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Time to Clinical Improvement in Patients With Severe and Life-threatening COVID-19. A Randomized Clinical Trial
  • June 2 - BMJ: BET 1: Prone Positioning of Awake Patients With Acute Hypoxaemic Respiratory Failure
  • May - Annals of EM: Accuracy of Emergency Department clinical findings for diagnostic of coronavirus disease-2019
  • May 25 - The Lancet: Caution against corticosteroid-based COVID-19 treatment
  • May 22 - The Lancet: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis
  • May 22 - NEJM: Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Preliminary Report
  • May 15 - JAMA: Use of Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure
  • May 15 - NEJM: Severe COVID-19
  • May 15 - JAMA: Use of Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure
  • May 14 - Radiology: Clinical and Chest Radiography Features Determine Patient Outcomes In Young and Middle Age Adults with COVID-19
  • May 14 - MedRxiv: Development and validation of the COVID-19 severity index (CSI): a prognostic tool for early respiratory decompensation
  • May 12 - JAMA: Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
  • May 11 - JAMA: Association of Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine or Azithromycin With In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 in New York State
  • May 9 - EMA: CLUE: COVID‐19 Lung Ultrasound in Emergency Department
  • May 7 - NEJM: Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
  • April 28 - medRxiv: Features of 16,749 hospitalised UK patients with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol
  • April 28 - NEJM: Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young
  • April 28 - Lancet: Considerations for ventilator triage during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • April 24 - JAMA: Management of COVID-19 Respiratory Distress
  • April 24 - NEJM: Mild or Moderate Covid-19
  • April 24 - JAMA: Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection. A Randomized Clinical Trial
  • April 22 - ICM: Thrombotic events in SARS-CoV-2 patients: an urgent call for ultrasound screening
  • April 22 - JAMA: Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
  • April 22 - JAMA: Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection
  • April 22 - SAEM: Early Self‐Proning in Awake, Non‐intubated Patients in the Emergency Department: A Single ED’s Experience during the COVID‐19 Pandemic
  • April 9 - Annals of EM: A Brief Review of Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19: Is it Useful?
  • April 7 - BMJ: Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 infection: systematic review and critical appraisal
  • April 1 - JAMA: Testing Individuals for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • April 1 - JAMA: Potential Legal Liability for Withdrawing or Withholding Ventilators During COVID-19
  • March 29 - American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine: An Index Combining Respiratory Rate and Oxygenation to Predict Outcome of Nasal High-Flow Therapy.
  • March 27 - JAMA: The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions About Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • March 27 - JAMA: Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma
  • March 27 - JAMA: The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions About Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • March 26 - BMJ: Clinical characteristics of 113 deceased patients with coronavirus disease 2019: retrospective study
  • March 25 - JACEP Open: Pragmatic Recommendations for Intubating Critically Ill Patients with Suspected COVID‐19
  • March 25 - JGH: COVID‐19 and the Digestive System
  • March 24 – JAMA: Treating COVID-19—Off-Label Drug Use, Compassionate Use, and Randomized Clinical Trials During Pandemics
  • March 24 – BMJ: COVID-19: Most patients require mechanical ventilation in first 24 hours of critical care
  • March 23 – NEJM: Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of COVID-19 
  • March 23 - Critical Care: Prone positioning combined with high-flow nasal cannula in severe noninfectious ARDS
  • March 18 - Annals of Intensive Care: Lower mortality of COVID-19 by early recognition and intervention: experience from Jiangsu Province
  • March 17 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
  • March 16 – JAMA: Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore
  • March 14 – Intensive Care Med: Findings of lung ultrasonography of novel corona virus pneumonia during the 2019–2020 epidemic
  • March 13 - JAMARisk Factors Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Death in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
  • March 11 – JAMA: Care for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
  • Military Medical Research: A rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia
  • Chinese Journal of Critical Care & Intensive Care Medicine: Norms and Advice | Expert advice on Procedure of Respiratory Therapy for Severe Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia
  • March 5 – Nature: Cardiology: COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system
  • Jan. 30 - Critical Care: Efficacy and safety of early prone positioning combined with HFNC or NIV in moderate to severe ARDS: a multi-center prospective cohort study

Disease

  • Feb. 19, 2021: JAMA: Sequelae in Adults at 6 Months After COVID-19 Infection
  • Feb. 4, 2021: Lancet: Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study
  • Dec. 14 - JAMA: Readmission and Death After Initial Hospital Discharge Among Patients With COVID-19 in a Large Multihospital System
  • Dec. 9 - BMJ: Covid-19: Oxford vaccine could be 59% effective against asymptomatic infections, analysis shows
  • Dec. 8 - Lancet: Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
  • Dec. 8 - ASH: Evidence of thrombotic microangiopathy in children with SARS-CoV-2 across the spectrum of clinical presentations
  • Dec. 7 - JAMA: A Nursing Researcher’s Experience in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
  • Dec. 3 - JAMA: Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests Observed by Emergency Medical Services During the US COVID-19 Epidemic
  • Nov. 23 - JAMA: Diagnosis, Management, and Pathophysiology of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis in COVID-19
  • Nov. 19 - JAMA: Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department
  • Nov. 17 - BMJ: Long COVID: Damage to multiple organs presents in young, low risk patients
  • Nov. 13 - JAMA: Hospital-Acquired SARS-CoV-2 InfectionLessons for Public Health
  • Nov. 13 - medRxiv: Epidemiological and immunological features of obesity and SARS-CoV-2
  • Nov. 12 - Lancet: Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial
  • Nov. 12 - JAMA: Estimation of US Children’s Educational Attainment and Years of Life Lost Associated With Primary School Closures During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
  • Nov. 11 - JAMA: Reflections of a COVID-19 Long Hauler
  • Nov. 11 - NEJM: Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host
  • Nov. 11 - Annals of Internal Medicine: Sixty-Day Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19.
  • Nov. 10 - JAMA: The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons
  • Nov. 9 - Lancet: Bidirectional associations between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorder: retrospective cohort studies of 62 354 COVID-19 cases in the USA
  • Oct. 23 - Science: Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19
  • Oct. 23 - Science: Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19
  • Oct. 20 - BMJ: Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study
  • Oct. 12 - JAMA: COVID-19 and Excess All-Cause Mortality in the US and 18 Comparison Countries
  • Oct. 12 - JAMA: Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020
  • Oct. 7 - Virology Journal: The effect of temperature on persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on common surfaces
  • Oct. 3 - Oxford: Survival of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Influenza Virus on Human Skin: Importance of Hand Hygiene in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Sept. 29 - NEJM: Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults
  • Sept. 25 - Lancet: Viral presence and immunopathology in patients with lethal COVID-19: a prospective autopsy cohort study
  • Sept. 14 - JAMA: Frequency of Children vs Adults Carrying Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Asymptomatically
  • Aug. 14 - medRxiv: Trends in Covid-19 risk-adjusted mortality rates in a single health system
  • July 16 - JAMA: Thrombosis in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in a New York City Health System
  • July 10 - JAMA: Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • July 6 - Clinical Infectious Diseases: It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
  • July 6 - Lancet: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study
  • July 6 - Lancet: SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in COVID-19 hotspots
  • July 6 - Lancet: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study
  • July 1 - JAMA: Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020
  • June 26 - medRxiv: Hypoferremia predicts hospitalization and oxygen demand in COVID-19 patients
  • June 23 - Science: A mathematical model reveals the influence of population heterogeneity on herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2
  • June 18 - Nature: Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
  • June 13 - Annals of EM: COVID-19 Seroconversion in Emergency Professionals at an Urban Academic Emergency Department in New York City
  • June 10 - JAMA: The Importance of Proper Death Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • June 3 - Journal of Medical Virology: Potential Neuroinvasive Pathways of SARS‐CoV‐2: Deciphering the Spectrum of Neurological Deficit Seen in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
  • June 3 - Annals of Internal Medicine: Prevalence of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection
  • June 1 - Lancet: Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • May 29 - Lancet: Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
  • May 27 - Cambridge Core: COVID-19 infections among HCWs exposed to a patient with a delayed diagnosis of COVID-19
  • May 27 - BMJ: Covid-19 related hospital admissions in the United States: Needs and outcomes
  • May 26 - JAMA: Translating Science on COVID-19 to Improve Clinical Care and Support the Public Health Response
  • May 26 - JAMA: Adverse Consequences of Rushing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
  • May 22 - BMJ: Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study
  • May 22 - BMJ: Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study
  • May 15 - BMJ: The UK’s public health response to covid-19
  • May 14 - JAMA: Assessment of Deaths From COVID-19 and From Seasonal Influenza
  • May 11 - JAMA: COVID-19 and Postinfection Immunity
  • May 11 - JAMA: Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With COVID-19 Infection Admitted to US and Canadian PICUs
  • May 5 - Science: Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19
  • April 29 - JAMA: Variation in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs
  • April 27 - medRxiv: Relative disease burdens of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in New York City, February
  • April 27 - BMJ: Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response
  • April 21 - BMJ: Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang province, China, January-March 2020: retrospective cohort study
  • April 20 - Chest: A National Strategy for Ventilator and ICU Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • April 20 - BMJ: Is ethnicity linked to incidence or outcomes of covid-19?
  • April 17 - JAMA: From Mitigation to Containment of the COVID-19 PandemicPutting the SARS-CoV-2 Genie Back in the Bottle
  • April 17 - NEJM: Clinical Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China
  • April 15 - Nature Medicine: Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19
  • April 15 - JAMA -Rates of Co-infection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Pathogens
  • April 10 - JAMA: The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing; The Need for Prevention and Early Intervention
  • April 9 - JAMA: Food Safety & COVID-19
  • April 2 - JAMA: Governmental Public Health Powers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • March 30 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
  • March 27 - NEJM: Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
  • March 27 -  NEJM: Undocumented U.S. Immigrants & COVID-19
  • March 26 - NEJM: COVID-19: Navigating the Uncharted
  • March 26 - BMJ: COVID-19: What treatments are being investigated?
  • March 26 - JAMA: Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions. Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19
  • March 26 - McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • March 25 - JACEP Open: COVID-19 in Seattle: Early Lessons Learned
  • March 25 - NEJM: Novel Coronavirus and Old Lessons — Preparing the Health System for the Pandemic
  • March 25 – NEJM: Critical Supply Shortages — The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic 
  • March 25 – JAMA: Postacute Care Preparedness for COVID-19 
  • March 23 – JAMA: Social Media and Emergency Preparedness in Response to Novel Coronavirus
  • March 20 - JAMA Editorial: Conserving Supply of Personal Protective Equipment—A Call for Ideas
  • March 13 – CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment Measures for the First 100 Patients with COVID-19 in Singapore
  • March 13 JAMA Pediatrics: What Does the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mean for Families?
  • BMJ: A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
  • March 3 – JAMA: Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore

Research

  • NIH: COVID-19 Funding & Funding Opportunities
  • WHO: Global Research on COVID-19
  • NIH: Notice of Intent: New Funding Opportunity Announcement to Support Novel, High-Impact Studies Evaluating Health System and Healthcare Professional Responsiveness to COVID-19
  • NIH: COVID-19 Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding

Testing

  • Aug. 31 - JAMA: SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Changes in Primary Care Services in a Multistate Network of Community Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • May 12 - SAEM: Symptom Criteria for COVID-19 Testing of Heath Care Workers
  • May 6 - JAMA: Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2
  • April 17 - JAMA: The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19
  • March 13 – CDC: Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Health IT

  • April 2 - JAMIA: Electronic Personal Protective Equipment: A Strategy to Protect Emergency Department Providers in the Age of COVID-19

Personnel

  • Feb. 13 - medRxiv: Risk of Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among spectacles wearing population of Northern India
  • Oct. 12 - JAMA: Mental Health Disorders Related to COVID-19–Related Deaths
  • May 15 - BMJ: Covid-19: Rest and PPE reassurance are needed before NHS services can restart, MPs hear
  • May 14 - Lancet: Personal protective equipment needs in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • May 12 - JAMA: Personal Protective Equipment Shortages During COVID-19—Supply Chain–Related Causes and Mitigation Strategies
  • May 6 - AJEM: Use of drape/patient covering during potentially aerosolizing procedures
  • May 5 - medRxiv: Risk of symptomatic Covid-19 among frontline healthcare workers
  • April 27 - JAMA: Exposure to a Surrogate Measure of Contamination From Simulated Patients by Emergency Department Personnel Wearing Personal Protective Equipment
  • March 23 – JAMA - Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019
  • March 16 – Journal of Hospital Infection: Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents

ED, Hospital

  • Dec. 14 - JAMA: Diversity and Representation of Physicians During the COVID-19 News Cycle
  • Nov. 12 - JACEP Open: Barriers to emergency department usage during the COVID‐19 pandemic
  • Sept. 15 - Ann. Surg.: The Association Between Symptoms and COVID-19 Test Results Among Healthcare Workers
  • May 27 - BMJ: Emergency department preparation for COVID-19: accelerated care units
  • March 20 – CCM Journal: Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • March 18 – JAMA: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy
  • March 14 – JAMA: Critical Care Utilization for the COVID-19 Outbreak in Lombardy, Italy 
  • March 13 – National Academy of Medicine: Duty to Plan: Health Care, Crisis Standards of Care, and Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Federal Updates

  • March 19 – CDC: Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings

System/Community

  • Dec. 8 - JAMA: Four COVID-19 Lessons for Achieving Health Equity
  • Nov. 18 - Annals of Internal Medicine: Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers
  • Nov. 12 - AJPH: Public Support for Social Safety-Net Policies for COVID-19 in the United States, April 2020
  • Nov. 3 - Nature: Neighbourhood income and physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  • Oct. 22 - Lancet: US racial and ethnic data for COVID-19 cases: still missing in action
  • Oct. 19 - JAMA: Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control
  • Sept. 29 - Lancet: Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by fomites in real-life conditions
  • June 19 - Lancet: Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality: are comorbidities to blame?
  • June 3 - EClinical Medicine: The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review
  • June 1 - JAMA: The Urgency and Challenge of Opening K-12 Schools in the Fall of 2020
  • May 28 - BMJ: Reduction of secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a cohort study in Beijing, China
  • May 26 - NEJM: “Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • May 6 - NEJM: Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19 — Caution and Context
  • April 24 - NEJM: Transforming ORs into ICUs
  • April 15 - The Lancet: Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science
  • April 7 - Annals of IM: Locally Informed Simulation to Predict Hospital Capacity Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • March 17 – NEJM: Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
  • March 17 – JAMA: Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  • March 16 – The Lancet: How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic?
  • March 15 – JAMA: Supporting the Health Care Workforce During the COVID-19 Global Epidemic
  • March 14 – NEJM: Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19

EMS, Disaster

  • June 17 - Academic Emer. Med: Effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on the United States Emergency Medical Services System: A Preliminary Report
  • May 2020 - West JEM: Alternative Care Sites
  • May 2020 - West JEM: Augmenting the disaster healthcare workforce
    May 2020 - West JEM: Healthcare ethics during a pandemic
  • March 16 – Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response
  • March 13 – CDC: Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States

Pediatrics

  • Nov, 23 - JAMA: Assessment of 135 794 Pediatric Patients Tested for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Across the United States
  • Sept. 4 - Lancet: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review
  • June 29 - JAMA: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in New York State
  • June 22 - Pediatrics: Children with COVID-19 at a specialist centre: initial experience and outcome
  • May 20 - JAMA: Nasal ACE2 Levels and COVID-19 in Children

 

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