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 of antiviral agents against Omicron subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB.
New England Journal of Medicine:2022: January 5 Full text
Three–day icatibant on top of standard care in patients with COVID–19 pneumonia (ICAT·COVID): a randomized, open–label, phase 2, proof–of–concept trial.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2023: January 4 Full text
High flow nasal cannula for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 in patients with a ‘do-not-intubate’ order: A survival analysis.
Clinical Respiratory Journal:2022: December 30 Full text
Clinical Practice
Antigen rapid diagnostic test monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic and fully vaccinated cancer patients: Is it cost-effective?
Cancer Medicine:2022: December 30 Full text
Pathophysiology
COVID-19-associated monocytic encephalitis (CAME): histological and proteomic evidence from autopsy.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy:2023: January 6 Full text
Long COVID
Long COVID following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: characteristic T cell alterations and response to antihistamines.
Journal of Investigative Medicine:2022: October 5 Full text
Long covid outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: nationwide cohort study.
BMJ:2023: January 11 Full text
Vaccines
Bivalent Covid-19 vaccines — a cautionary tale.
New England Journal of Medicine:2022: January 11 Full text
Association of COVID-19 vaccination with breakthrough infections and complications in patients with cancer.
JAMA Oncology:2022: December 29 Full text
Immunology
The salivary and nasopharyngeal microbiomes are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease severity.
Journal of Medical Virology:2022: December 30 Full text
Societal Impacts
Effects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on assault-related head injury in Melbourne: a retrospective study. SVHA
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:2022: December 21 Full text
