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
Outpatient treatment of Covid-19 with metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine and the development of Long Covid over 10-month follow-up.
medRxiv:2022: December 24 Full text
Rapid initiation of nasal saline irrigation to reduce severity in high-risk COVID+ outpatients.
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal:2022: August 25 Full text
Infection Control
The impact of COVID-19 on multidrug-resistant organisms causing healthcare-associated infections: a narrative review.
JAC - Antimicrobial Resistance:2022: December 29 Full text
Pathophysiology
Persistent post–COVID-19 smell loss is associated with immune cell infiltration and altered gene expression in olfactory epithelium.
Science Translational Medicine:2022: December 21 Full text
Outcome Studies
Long-term (180-Day) outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in the REMAP-CAP randomized clinical trial.
JAMA:2022: December 16 Full text
Complications following elective major noncardiac surgery among patients with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.
JAMA Network Open:2022: December 16 Full text
Long COVID
The epidemiology of long COVID in US adults.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2022: December 21 Full text
Vaccines
Association of COVID-19 vaccination rates of staff and COVID-19 illness and death among residents and Staff in US nursing homes.
JAMA Network Open:2022: December 29 Full text
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation in human microglia through spike protein.
Molecular Psychiatry: 2022: November 1 Full text
Transcriptional reprogramming from innate immune functions to a pro-thrombotic signature by monocytes in COVID-19.
Nature Communications:2022: December 26 Full text