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.
Vaccines
Efficacy and safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
New England Journal of Medicine:2020: December 30 Full text
Maintaining safety with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
New England Journal of Medicine: 2020: December 30 Full text
Therapy
Tocilizumab in patients hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia.
New England Journal of Medicine:2020: December 17 Full text
A neutralizing monoclonal antibody for hospitalized patients with Covid-19.
New England Journal of Medicine:2020: December 22 Full text
Pathophysiology
High rate of persistent symptoms up to 4 months after community and hospital-managed SARS-CoV-2 infection. SVHA
Medical Journal of Australia: 2020: December 22 Full text
Mortality of patients with COVID‐19 who undergo an elective or emergency surgical procedure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery: 2020: December 27 Full text
Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact.
MedRxiv:2020: December 27 Full text
Prolonged unconsciousness following severe COVID-19.
Neurology:2020: December 21 Full text
Analyses of abdominal adiposity and metabolic syndrome as risk factors for respiratory distress in COVID-19.
BMJ Open Respiratory Research:2020: December 16 Full text
Immunology
Upper respiratory viral load in asymptomatic individuals and mildly symptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Thorax:2020: December 15 Full text
Antibody status and incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers.
New England Journal of Medicine:2020: December 23 Full text
Infection Control
Face masks to prevent transmission of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
American Journal of Infection Control:2020: December 19 Full text
Substantial reduction of healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) rates after conversion of a hospital for exclusive treatment of COVID-19 patients.
American Journal of Infection Control:2020: December 19 Full text
Morbidty and Mortality
Readmission and death after initial hospital discharge among patients with COVID-19 in a large multihospital system.
JAMA:2020: December 14 Full text
Neurologic syndromes predict higher in-hospital mortality in COVID-19.
Neurology:2020: December 18 Full text
COVID-19 symptoms: longitudinal evolution and persistence in outpatient settings.
Annals of Internal Medicine:2020: December 8 Full text
