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
Povidone iodine mouthwash, gargle, and nasal spray to reduce nasopharyngeal viral load in patients with COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery:2021: February 8 Full text
Clinical Practice
Neurological manifestations as primary presentation of COVID‐19 in hospitalized patients.
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica:2021: February 9 Full text
Association of metformin with susceptibility to COVID-19 in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism:2021: Full text
Association between DPP-4 inhibitors and COVID-19 related outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care:2021: February 5 Full text
Chest pain mimicking pulmonary embolism may be a common presentation of COVID‐19 in ambulant patients without other typical features of infection.
Journal of Internal Medicine:2021: February 9 Full text
Prevalence of underlying medical conditions associated with severe COVID-19 illness in adult cancer survivors in the united states.
Journal of the National Cancer Institiute:2021: February 3 Full text
Impact of telemedicine on the management of heart failure patients during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
ESC Heart Failure:2021: February 9 Full text
Patients recovering from COVID‐19 pneumonia in sub‐acute care exhibit severe frailty: role of the nurse assessment.
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2021: January 12 Full text
The early impact of COVID-19 on chronic pain: a cross-sectional investigation of a large online sample of individuals with chronic pain in the United States, April to May, 2020.
Pain Medicine:2021: February 4 Full text
Validity of in-home teleneuropsychological testing in the wake of COVID-19.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: 2021: February 10 Full text
Pathophysiology
Effect of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 on children and young people.
Lancet Child and Adolescent Health:2021: February 10 Full text
COVID‐19 and dementia: analyses of risk, disparity, and outcomes from electronic health records in the US.
Alzheimer's and Dementia:2021: February 9 Full text
Immunology
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 specific B- and T-cell responses in convalescent COVID-19 patients 6-8 months after the infection.
Med:2021: February 10 Full text
Major role of IgM in the neutralizing activity of convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2.
Cell Reports:2021: February 10 Full text
Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant and lactating women.
JAMA:2021: February 8 Full text