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.
Therapy
Efficacy and safety of anakinra plus standard of care for patients with severe COVID-19: a randomized phase 2/3 clinical trial.
JAMA Network Open:2023: April 7 Full text
The clinical practice of palliative sedation in patients dying from COVID-19: a retrospective chart review.
BMC Palliative Care:2023: April 4 Full text
Clinical Practice
Electrocardiographic findings and prognostic values in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the World Heart Federation Global Study.
Heart:2023:109(9):668-73 Full text
Epidemiology
Risk of death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 vs seasonal influenza in fall-winter 2022-2023.
JAMA:2023: April 6 Full text
Pathophysiology
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulation in the skull-meninges-brain axis: potential implications for long-term neurological complications in post-COVID-19.
BioRxiv:2023: April 5 Full text
Metabolic dysregulation impairs lymphocyte function during severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Communications Biology:2023: April 7 Full text
Multiplatform analyses reveal distinct drivers of systemic pathogenesis in adult versus pediatric severe acute COVID-19.
Nature Communications:2023: April 4 Full text
Infection Control
Impact of personal protective equipment attached powered air-purifying respirator on nursing-skill performance and psychosocial stress of intensive care unit COVID-19 nurses: A cross-sectional study.
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2023: March 13 Full text
Airborne disease transmission during indoor gatherings over multiple time scales: modeling framework and policy implications.
PNAS:2023: April 10 Full text
Immunology
Exhaled breath aerosol shedding of highly transmissible versus prior severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2022: October 26 Full text
Psychosocial Aspects
Impact of public restrictive measures on hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic: existing evidence and long-term implications.
Clinical Kidney Journal:2023:16(4):619-34 Full text
The psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic care patients.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association:2023:24(4):426-33 Full text
