COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Knowledge Hub

Evidence

• NICE Evidence  **UPDATED: New rapid guidelines & evidence summaries**
  • acute kidney injury in hospital - NG175
  • acute myocardial injury - NG171
  • acute use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for people with or at risk of COVID-19 (ES23)
  • antibiotics for pneumonia in adults in hospital - NG173
  • children and young people who are immunocompromised - NG174
  • community-based care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - NG168
  • critical care in adults - NG159
  • chronic kidney disease - NG176  **NEW**
    
  • cystic fibrosis - NG170
  • delivery of radiotherapy - NG162
  • delivery of systemic anticancer treatments - NG161
  • dermatological conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response - NG169
  • dialysis service delivery - NG162
  • gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response - NG172
  • haematopoietic stem cell transplantation - NG164
  • interstitial lung disease - NG177  **NEW**
    
  • managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community - NG165
  • managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community - NG163
  • rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders - NG167
  • severe asthma - NG166
• Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service (Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine)
• Coronavirus: Finding the evidence (Public Health England Library)​
• Overview of WN-CoV (BMJ Best Practice)
• Coronavirus resources (free resources from UpToDate)
• ​Global research on coronavirus disease COVID-19 (WHO)
• Cochrane special collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures
• Cochrane special collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
• GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) - free for all NHS Athens until the end of April. (Please note that the link to GIDEON is in the menu bar at the top, not in the list of Ovid products)
  There is also a tutorial available.
• ​PubMed search strategy
• ClinicalTrials.gov​
• Living systematic map of the evidence
• Intensive Care Society knowledge sharing virtual meeting held on 5th April 2020
• COVID-19 research findings reports (MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis)
• Dynamed resources:
  • COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
  • COVID-19 and Special Populations
  • COVID-19 and Cancer Patients
  • COVID-19 and Pregnant Patients
  • COVID-19 and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-stage Renal Disease (ERSD)

Journal and e-book collections

• BMJ resources​
• Oxford Medicine Online - e-books (some free, some Athens)
• HSJ Coronavirus articles
• Wiley Coronavirus research
• Elsevier COVID-19 Healthcare Hub
• Lancet 2019-nCoV Resource Centre
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) 2019 Novel Coronavirus resources
• SpringerNature resources
• Oxford University Press resources
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society resources
• The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene resources

Evidence Updates

• Evidence Update 10 - COVID-19 (13th May 2020)  **NEW**
• Evidence Update 9 - COVID-19 (6th May 2020)
• Evidence Update 8 - COVID-19 (27th April 2020)
• Evidence Update 7 - COVID-19 (21st April 2020)
• Evidence Update 6 - COVID-19 (13th April 2020)
• Evidence Update 5 - COVID-19 (5th April 2020)
• Evidence Update 4 - COVID-19 (30th March 2020)
• Evidence Update 3 - COVID-19 (25th March 2020)
• Evidence Update 2 - COVID-19 (19th March 2020)
• Evidence Update 1 - COVID-19 (11th March 2020)

• Public Health Matters blog (Public Health England)
• Paediatric COVID-19 evidence review (Don't Forget The Bubbles)

Evidence searches

The librarians can undertake COVID-19 evidence / literature searches for East Cheshire NHS Trust staff. Complete the online form to let us know the details, or send us an email.

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UpToDate resources

• Coronaviruses
• COVID-19 critical care issues 
• COVID-19 airway management, anesthesia machine ventilation, and anesthetic care 
• COVID-19 management in adults
• COVID-19 considerations in children 
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Clinical features, diagnosis, and complications in adults
• Ventilator management strategies for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome 
  
• Prone ventilation for adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

NHS staff resources

• Gov.uk  - information on COVID-19, including assessment and management of suspected UK cases​  ::  Track coronavirus cases dashboard
• NHS England: COVID-19
• Coronavirus guidance for health professionals (Public Health England)
• PPE guidance for NHS teams (Public Health England)
• PPE for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff (Cochrane systematic review)  **UPDATED**
• COVID-19: infection prevention and control (includes PPE guidance)
• COVID-19: guidance for primary care
• Guidance for clinical diagnostic laboratories
• BMA information
• RCOG: infection and pregnancy
• British Pain Society: COVID-19 resources
• ​Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care (SCIE)
• Coronavirus e-learning (Health Education England eLfH)
• COVID-19 clinical resource for nurses on the temporary register (RCN)
• Resources from the Royal Colleges and other professional bodies on COVID-19  **UPDATED**
• COVID-19 e-learning resources for NHS staff  **UPDATED**
• COVID-19 guidance for NHS workforce leaders (NHS Employers)
• COVID-19 nurse education resources (British Association of Critical Care Nurses) - educational resources that support nurses who are being redeployed to Critical Care areas
• Nursing Standard COVID-19 Resources
  

NHS staff wellbeing resources

• COVID-19 resilience hub (MindEd & Health Education England)
• A guide to local and national mental health resources (Staff Library)
• Free wellbeing apps and telephone support line (NHS)
• Support services for NHS staff - includes support to improve mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing, financial wellbeing and support for carers or people suffering from domestic abuse (NHS Employers)
• National discounts and priority shopping (NHS Employers)

General COVID-19 information

• Coronavirus COVID-19 (NHS)
• Coronavirus resources (NHS)
• ​​Gov.uk - information for the general public, including 'Stay at home guidance' and 'UK Government response'
• Coronavirus: the science explained (UK Research & Innovation)
• World Health Organization: Novel Coronavirus 2019
• Epidemic theory
• Blog post charting the virus - news; epidemiology and genetics; travel advice; and clinical information / research
• Novel Coronavirus: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Coronavirus: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
• Coronavirus resources - multinational, multilingual resources (EvidenceAid)
• Health Map - visual worldwide map of contagious diseases, including 2019-nCoV
• Coronavirus COVID-19 map of global cases (John Hopkins University)
• COVID-19 situation map (World Health Organization)
• Worldometer: Coronavirus
• Disease briefing: Coronaviruses (Clarivate Analytics, March 2020)
• Coronavirus misinformation tracker (USA)
• Full Fact: Coronavirus fact checker (UK)
• EPI-WIN (WHO) - the WHO Information Network for Epidemics that provides tailored information to different audiences during a public health event

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Page last updated: 21/5/20