Clinical Notes : Infection and Sepsis
205. Acute COVID-19 Quiz
February 2021
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; formerly called 2019-nCoV), which was first identified during an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, WHO's first such designation since declaring H1N1 influenza a pandemic in 2009.
In the past 12 months, much has changed in our understanding of this deadly virus so that our evidence based approach to management of various stages of the disease has evolved and improved.
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Introduction
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19
11 March 2020
Question 1 : Definition - Ongoing Sumptomatic Covid-19
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
NICE guideline [NG188]
Published date: 18 December 2020
Question 2 : Prevalence - ethnic
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ali Rostami et al
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Published:October 23, 2020
Question 3 : Prevalence - Geographic
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ali Rostami et al
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Published:October 23, 2020
Question 4 : Myocardial injury
COVID-19 rapid guideline: acute myocardial injury
NICE guideline [NG171]
Published date: 23 April 2020
Question 5 : DVT
How should General Practice consider patients with respiratory issues in a time of COVID-19?
Prof. Ahmedt Fuat
Thrombosis UK
COVID-19 rapid guideline: reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism in over 16s with COVID-19
NICE guideline [NG186]
Published date: 20 November 2020
Question 6 : Oxygen saturation
Covid-19: Patients to use pulse oximetry at home to spot deterioration
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ 2020;371
Question 7 : Persistent cough
Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care
BMJ 2020;370
Question 8 : Incubation, Transmission, Infectiousness
Virology, transmission, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
Muge Cevik et al.
BMJ 2020;371
Question 9 : Mechanism of infection
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in COVID-19
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
March 23, 2020
Question 10 : Infection in children
Covid symptoms in children
Covid symptom study.
King.s College London
September 7, 2020
Question 11 : PIMS
Guidance: Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19
RCPCH. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Accessed online 10 February 2021
Question 12 : When to refer
RCGP paper on Virtual Wards, Silent Hypoxia and improvingCOVID outcomes
RCGP - Royal College of General Practitioners
Octber 2020
National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2
Accessed online 11 February 2021
The NEWS2 scoring system
Accessed online 11 February 2021
The NEWS2 chart
Accessed online 11 February 2021
The NEWS2 additional guidance
Accessed online 11 February 2021
Question 13 : Pneumonia
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
NICE guideline [NG165]
Published date: 03 April 2020 Last updated: 23 April 2020
Rapid diagnosis strategy of community-acquired pneumonia for clinicians
Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service TeamCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences,University of Oxford
Accessed online 11 February 2021
Question 14 : Vitamin D
COVID-19 rapid guideline: vitamin D
NICE guideline [NG187]
Published date: 17 December 2020
Question 15 : Anxiety and agitation
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
NICE guideline [NG163]
Published date: 03 April 2020 Last updated: 13 October 2020
