May 4, 2020 - a podcast by COVID19LST

Your daily COVID-19 LST Report:

— A study of COVID-19 cases by borough in New York found that the Bronx, which has the highest proportion of ethnic minorities, the most people living in poverty, and the lowest level of education had higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalization than higher income boroughs such as Manhattan.

— Rapid implementation of and training for powered air-purifying respirators at a hospital in Singapore has helped the intensive care and anesthesiology departments achieve 0 patient to doctor transmissions of SARS-CoV-2.

— New guidelines and recommendations from this weekend include:

• Italian provisional guidelines for autopsy during the pandemic
  
  


• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
  
  


• Interventional radiology practice recommendations
  
  


• Head and neck mucosal malignancies
  
  


• ICU acute bed shortage ethics.
  
  


• Management of patients with liver disease
  
  


• Management of adults with rheumatic disease.
  
  


• Role of cardiologists in care and management
  
  


• Blood purification treatment
  
  


• Skull base surgery

— Visit COVID19LST.org for our full report with links to the articles.

— Reach out to us at: contact@covid19lst.org

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