COVID-19

Ferguson and colleagues from the Imperial College London estimate with infection propagation models that, across 11 countries between 7 and 43 million individuals have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 up to 28th March, representing between 1.9% and 11.4% of the population. With current government interventions remaining in place, they estimated that interventions across all 11 countries will have averted 59,000 deaths up to 31 March [95% uncertainty range 21,000-120,000].

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories are rushing to produce reliable antibody tests. Antibodies are markers of a previous infection and they can be found in a patient’s blood sample any time from about a week after the infection happened. The most highly anticipated expectation of antibody tests to COVID-19 is to understand how many cases of COVID-19 have actually occurred in a population.

Out of 416 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, 19.7% had cardiac injury, and were at a significant higher risk of death compared with patients without cardiac injury. Although the exact mechanism of cardiac injury needs to be further explored, the findings presented here highlight the need to consider this complication in COVID-19 management.

This review about the Coronavirus disease 2019 gives the reader information how Covid-19 is associated with a high inflammatory burden that can induce vascular inflammation, myocarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias.

In their official statement, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) summarise main imaging findings of COVID-19, provide advice on the role of CT in the early diagnosis of COVID-19, and offer guidance on organisational measures for radiology departments during this pandemic.

Older age and the presence of diabetes, hypertension, and severe obesity increases morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19. Considering the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and hypertension in patients with DM, it is unknown whether diabetes independently contributes to this increased risk. Plasma glucose levels and diabetes are independent predictors for mortality and morbidity in patients with SARS. Novel ways to deliver care to our diabetes patients using telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and wearable technologies are needed.

Detailed virological analysis of 9 COVID-19 cases hospitalized in Germany.Very high pharyngeal virus shedding during the first week (peak day 4). Infectious virus sheeding from throat, lung, but not from stool, blood, urine.

Interim Guidelines (Second Edition Version 1.2) from the WHO on the treatment of severe COVID-19

Editorial on different phenotypes of COVID-19 and their respective respiratory support and treatment

Current understanding of turbulent gas cloud generation by sneezing - bearing payload of pathogens up to 7-8 m.