This page lists feature articles on COVID-19 relevant to people working at St Vincent's Health Australia.
All articles listed are open access unless stated otherwise.
Infection Control and Public Health
Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients.
MedRxiv:2020: August 4 Full text
Lesson learned from China regarding use of personal protective equipment.
American Journal of Infection Control:2020: August 11 Full text
What are the sources of exposure in healthcare personnel with coronavirus disease 2019 infection?
American Journal of Infection Control:2020: August 12 Full text
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in health care personnel in the New York City area.
JAMA:2020: August 6 Full text
Nursing homes: the titanic of cruise ships – will residential aged care facilities survive the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic? AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2020: August 10 Full text
SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19.
Nature:2020: July 29 Full text
Clinical course and molecular viral shedding among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community treatment center in the Republic of Korea.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2020: August 6 Full text
SARS-CoV-2 viral load in the upper respiratory tract of children and adults with early acute COVID-19.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2020: August 6 Full text
Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals.
QJM:2020:113(8):556-60 Full text
Mental Health
Considerations for assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in Australia. SVHA
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry:2020: August 3 Full text
The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the mental health in the general population.
QJM:2020:113(8):531-37 Full text
Therapy
Clinical outcomes associated with methylprednisolone in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2020: August 9 Full text
Clinical Practice
Screening and testing for COVID ‐19 before surgery.
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2020: August 7 Full text
Impact of COVID ‐19 on an Australian intensive care unit: lessons learned from South Australia. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2020: August 6 Full text
CSANZ COVID-19 Cardiovascular Nursing Care, Consensus Statement: Executive Summary. AUS
Heart, Lung and Circulation:2020: August 7 Full text
Patients presenting for hospital‐based screening for the coronavirus disease 2019: Risk of disease, and healthcare access preferences.
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2020: July 15 Full text
Physiopathology
Obesity and mortality among patients diagnosed with COVID-19: results from an integrated health care organization.
Annals of Internal Medicine:2020: August 12 Full text
