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IDSA/ASM Consensus Review Document: Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of SARS-CoV-2 Genotyping.

Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of SARS-CoV-2 Genotyping: An IDSA/ASM Consensus Review Document – Clinical Infectious Diseases News Release: New review article outlines potential of SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequencing in patient care – American Society for Microbiology  

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[Preprint] Risk of severe COVID-19 is rare among fully vaccinated individuals in England.

Commentary: Risk of severe COVID-19 is rare among fully vaccinated individuals in England – News Medical Original Study: Describing the population experiencing COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough following second vaccination in England: A cohort study from OpenSAFELY – medRxiv  

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Populational study in Qatar showed the effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 Delta-induced severe, critical or fatal disease was 93.4% for the Pfizer vaccine and 96.1% for Moderna.

BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Qatar – Nature Medicine   Commentary on Twitter A study in @NatureMedicine shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing severe outcomes and death caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Qatar despite substantially lower effectiveness at blocking infection. https://t.co/V09Ma583fy pic.twitter.com/QG2HaDsrCo […]

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Large populational study finds prior SARS-CoV-2 infection reduces the risk of breakthrough infection following mRNA vaccination.

Association of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Risk of Breakthrough Infection Following mRNA Vaccination in Qatar – JAMA Commentaries: Vaccine plus previous infection may offer enhanced COVID-19 protection – CIDRAP Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and risk of breakthrough infection following mRNA vaccination – News Medical   Commentary on Twitter Study found prior #SARSCoV2 infection was associated with […]

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Phase 4 RCT: Concomitant administration of COVID-19 vaccines (AstraZeneca or Pfizer) with seasonal influenza vaccines in adults is safe and preserves antibody responses to both vaccines.

Safety and immunogenicity of concomitant administration of COVID-19 vaccines (ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2) with seasonal influenza vaccines in adults in the UK (ComFluCOV): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 4 trial – The Lancet  

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ERS Guidelines: High-flow nasal cannula in acute respiratory failure.

ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines: High-flow nasal cannula in acute respiratory failure – European Respiratory Journal  

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2022 ASA Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway.

2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway – Anesthesiology Related: Consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 1. Difficult airway management encountered in an unconscious patient. Difficult airway management in neonates and infants: knowledge of devices and a device-oriented strategy. Consensus Guideline: Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 […]

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Global surveillance, research, and collaboration needed to improve understanding and management of long COVID.

Global surveillance, research, and collaboration needed to improve understanding and management of long COVID – The Lancet Related: Provocative study suggests that persistent physical symptoms after COVID-19 infection may be associated more with the belief in having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 than with having laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection. Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring […]

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Boosting immunity to COVID-19 vaccines – “New studies highlight the immunological benefits of COVID-19 vaccine boosters, but questions remain over how to best make use of a limited global supply”.

Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method.

Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method – The Lancet Infectious Diseases   Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more) Honoured to lead this Delphi on Infection Control in ICU for SARS-CoV-2 with global experts https://t.co/39NTHgfyZR @Drnasap @ElieAzoulay5 @jigidivatia @AlhazzaniW @NaomiHammond @criticcaredoc […]

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