Library & Knowledge Services: COVID-19 Evidence Support by Topic

Practice Guidelines

• 28 Apr 2020. General Guidelines in the Management of an Obstetrical Patient on the Labor and Delivery Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Clinical Opinion] Am J Perinatol.  [added 29 Apr 2020]
• 10 Apr 2020. Care of the pregnant woman with COVID-19 in labor and delivery: Anesthesia, emergency cesarean delivery, differential diagnosis in the acutely ill parturient, care of the newborn, and protection of the healthcare personnel. Am J Obstet Gynecol. [added 14 Apr 2020]
• 09 Apr 2020. Corticosteroid Guidance for Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic. [Clinical Opinion] Am J Perinatol. [added 17 Apr 2020]

• 09 Apr 2020. Operating Room Guide for Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 Pregnant Patients Requiring Cesarean Delivery. [Clinical Opinion] Am J Perinatol. [added 17 Apr 2020]

• 04 Apr 2020. Global interim guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy and peurperium from FIGO and allied partners. [added 08 Apr 2020]
• 04 Apr 2020. CDC (US) - Interim considerations for infection prevention and control of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in inpatient obstetric healthcare settings.
• 03 Apr 2020. Breastfeeding and Coronavirus-disease 2019: Ad-interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies. [added 09 Apr 2020]
• 01 Apr 2020. ISIDOG recommendations concerning COVID-19 and pregnancy. [updated 01 May 2020]
• 01 Apr 2020. Perinatal-Neonatal Management of COVID-19 Infection - Guidelines of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI), National Neonatology Forum (NNF), and Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Indian Pediatr. [added 04 Apr 2020]
• 31 Mar 2020: SOGC (CAN) - COVID-19 in Pregnancy. [updated 08 Apr 2020]
• 21 Mar 2020: RCOG (UK) - Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and pregnancy. [updated 08 Apr 2020]
• 19 Mar 2020: SMFM (US) - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• 13 Mar 2020: ACOG (US) - Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) 
• 12 Mar 2020. ISUOG - Interim guidance on 2019 novel Coronavirus infection during pregnancy and peurperium. [added 08 Apr 2020]
• 03 Mar 2020. Lancet Infectious Diseases. Guidelines for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection. 

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• 01 Jun 2020. COVID-19 in Children, Pregnancy and Neonates: A Review of Epidemiologic and Clinical Features. Pediatr Infect Dis J. [added 15 May 2020]

• 13 May 2020. Vertical Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Systematic Review. Am J Perinatol. [added 15 May 2020]

• 12 May 2020. COVID-19: lessons to date from China. Arch Dis Child. [added 15 May 2020]

• 07 May 2020. Caring for Pregnant Patients with COVID-19: Practical Tips Getting from Policy to Practice. Am J Perinatol. [added 14 May 2020]

• 08 May 2020. Clinical course of severe and critical COVID-19 in hospitalized pregnancies: a US cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. [added 13 May 2020]

• 28 Apr 2020. False-Negative COVID-19 Testing: Considerations in Obstetrical Care. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. [added 01 May 2020]

• 27 Apr 2020. Infections in pregnancy with COVID-19 and other respiratory RNA virus diseases are rarely, if ever, transmitted to the fetus: Experiences with coronaviruses, HPIV, hMPV, RSV and influenza. Archol Pathol Lab Med. [added 01 May 2020]

• 24 Apr 2020. A systematic scoping review of COVID-19 during pregnancy and childbirth. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. [added 01 May 2020]

• 22 Apr 2020. Coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy. Int J Infect Dis. [added 01 May 2020] 

• 20 Apr 2020. Clinical Manifestation and Laboratory Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women. Virol Sin. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 18 Apr 2020. Severe COVID-19 during Pregnancy and Possible Vertical Transmission. Am J Perinatol. [added 20 Apr 2020]

• 17 Apr 2020. Considerations for Obstetric Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Perinatol. [added 20 Apr 2020]

• 16 Apr 2020. Obstetricians on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) front lines and the confusing world of personal protective equipment. Obstet Gynecol. [added 20 Apr 2020] 

• 16 Apr 2020. Comment of the potential risks of sexual and vertical transmission of Covid-19 infection. Clin Infect Dis. [added 17 Apr 2020]

• 15 Apr 2020. Pregnant versus non-pregnant SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Hospital Admissions: The first 4 weeks in New York. Am J Obstet Gynecol. [added 20 Apr 2020]

• 10 Apr 2020. Clinical characteristics and risk assessment of newborns born to mothers with COVID-19. J Clin Virol. [added 20 Apr 2020]

• 10 Apr 2020. Protecting Labor and Delivery Personnel from COVID-19 during the Second Stage of Labor. Am J Perinatol.  [added 17 Apr 2020]

• 10 Apr 2020. Perinatal aspects on the covid-19 pandemic: a practical resource for perinatal–neonatal specialists. J Perinatology. [added 15 Apr 2020]

• 10 Apr 2020. Mortality of a pregnant patient diagnosed with COVID-19: A case report with clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings. Travel Med Infect Dis. [added 14 Apr 2020]
• 09 Apr 2020. Preventive measures and management of COVID-19 in pregnancy. Drugs Ther Perspect. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 09 Apr 2020. COVID-19 infection among asymptomatic and symptomatic pregnant women: Two weeks of confirmed presentations to an affiliated pair of New York City hospitals. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 07 Apr 2020. Maternal and perinatal outcomes with COVID-19: A systematic review of 108 pregnancies. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand.  [Added 08 Apr 2020]
• 06 Apr 2020. Breast feeding at the time of COVID-19: Do not forget expressed mother's milk, please. [Letter] Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. [added 09 Apr 2020]
• 03 Apr 2020. Safe handling of containers of expressed human milk in all settings during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. J Hum Lact. [added 04 Apr 2020]
• 03 Apr 2020. Breastfeeding and Coronavirus Disease-2019. Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by Endorsed by the Union of Neonatal & Perinatal Societies. Mat Child Nutr. [added 04 Apr 2020]
• 02 Apr 2020. Vertical transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from infected pregnant mothers to neonates: A review. Fetal Ped Pathology.  [added 03 Apr 2020]
• 01 Apr 2020. Novel coronavirus in a 15-day-old neonate with clinical signs of sepsis, a case report. Inf Dis (Lond). 01 Apr 2020. [Added 07 Apr 2020]

• 29 Mar 2020. Pregnant women in the exposure to COVID-19 infection outbreak: The unseen risk factors and preventive healthcare patterns. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. [added 01 Apr 2020]
• 26 Mar 2020. Safe delivery for COVID-19 infected pregnancies. BJOG. [added 02 Apr 2020]
• 25 Mar 2020. COVID-19 in pregnancy: Early lessons. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. [added 29 Apr 2020]

• 25 Mar 2020. Outcome of Coronavirus spectrum infections (SARS, MERS, COVID 1 -19) during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 23 Mar 2020. Coronavirus virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. [added 02 Apr 2020]
• 17 Mar 2020. Jiao J. Under the epidemic situation of COVID-19, should special attention to pregnant women be given? Journal of Medical Virology.
• 17 Mar 2020. Schwartz D. An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes. Arch Pathol Lab  Medicine. In-Press.
• 17 Mar 2020. Mullins E. et al. Coronavirus in pregnancy & delivery: Rapid review. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. [literature searches up to 25 Feb 2020]
• 16 Mar 2020. Chen R. et al. Safety and efficacy of different anesthetic regimens for parturients with COVID-19 undergoing Cesarean delivery: a case series of 17 patients. Can J Anaesth. 
• 24 Feb 2020. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: What obstetricians need to know. Am J Obstet Gynecol. [added 08 Apr 2020]

Practice guidelines and selected Grey Literature

• 01 May 2020. NICE Guideline (UK). NG174: COVID-19 rapid guideline: children and young people who are immunocompromised. [added 12 May 2020]

• 29 Apr 2020. Update on COVID-19 epidemiology and impact on medical care in children: April 2020. [Practice Point] Canadian Paediatric Society. [added 01 May 2020]
• 14 Apr 2020. COVID-19 Diagnostic and Management Protocol for Pediatric Patients. Clinics (Sao Paulo) [added 20 Apr 2020]
• 13 Apr 2020. Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 patients - Consensus Guidelines from the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society. Anesth Analg. [added 15 Apr 2020]
• Recommendations for mechanical ventilation of critically ill children from the Paediatric Mechanical Ventilation Consensus Conference (PEMVECC). Intensive Care Med. 22 Sept 2017. [added 06 Apr 2020]
• Don't Forget the Bubbles: COVID-19 in Kids (an evidence summary of paediatric COVID-19 literature, last updated 23 Mar 2020)
• The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. COVID-19 Clinical Practice Guideline. Mar 2020.
• Shen K et al. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in children: experts' consensus statement. World J Ped. 7 Feb 2020.

Selected full-text articles, listed by publication date

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• 13 May 2020. Vertical Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Systematic Review. Am J Perinatol. [added 15 May 2020]

• 01 May 2020. Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020. Euro Surveill. [added 15 May 2020]

• 12 May 2020. COVID-19: lessons to date from China. Arch Dis Child. [added 15 May 2020]

• 11 May 2020. Managing COVID-19 Iinfection in pediatric patients [links directly to the PDF]. Cleve Clin J Med. [added 14 May 2020]

• 17 Apr 2020. Critical Concerns About 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection in Pediatric Population. Mayo Clin Proc. [added 14 May]

• 11 May 2020. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): What do we know about children? A systematic review. Clin Infect Dis. [added 13 May 2020]

• 11 May 2020. Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units. JAMA Pediatr. [added 13 May 2020]

• 07 May 2020. From SARS to COVID-19: What we have learned about children infected with COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis. [added 13 May 2020]

• 01 May 2020. Children with Covid-19 in Pediatric Emergency Departments in Italy. NEJM. [added 02 May 2020]

• 29 Apr 2020. Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in newborns and infants: what we know so far. Ital J Pediatr. [added 01 May 2020]

• 24 Apr 2020. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children - Understanding the immune responses and controlling the pandemic. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. [added 01 May 2020]
• 24 Apr 2020 Updated diagnosis, treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in children: experts' consensus statement (condensed version of the second edition). World J Pediatr. [added 01 May 2020]
• 22 Apr 2020. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. JAMA Pediatr. [added 29 Apr 2020]
• 19 Apr 2020. Paediatric anaesthetic implications of COVID-19 - A review of current literature. Pediatr Anaesth. [added 20 Apr 2020]
• 18 Apr 2020. What are the Underlying Transmission Patterns of COVID-19 Outbreak? - An Age-specific Social Contact Characterization. EClinicalMedicine. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 17 Apr 2020. SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in febrile infants without respiratory distress. Clin Inf Dis. [added 20 Apr 2020]

• 16 Apr 2020. The role of children in the transmission of mild SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Acta Paediatr. [added 17 April 2020]

• 15 Apr 2020. Pediatric Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Review of Available Published Literature. Clin Pediatr. [Added 17 Apr 2020]
• 10 Apr 2020. Dynamics of faecal SARS-Co-V-2 in infected children during the convalescent phase. J Infect. [added 14 Apr 2020]
• 10 Apr 2020. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children - United States, February 12-April 2, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. [added 17 Apr 2020]
• 10 Apr 2020. COVID-19 in children in the United States: Intensive care admissions, estimated total infected, and projected numbers of severe pediatric cases in 2020. J Public Health Manag Pract. [Added 10 Apr 2020]
• 09 Apr 2020. Rehospitalization of a recovered Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) child with positive nucleic acid detection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. [added 14 Apr 2020]
• 08 Apr 2020. Critical Concerns About 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection in Pediatric Population. JMCP: Mayo Clinic Proceedings. [added 15 Apr 2020]
•  06 April 2020. Caring for children and adolescents with eating disorders in the current COVID-19 pandemic: A Singapore perspective. J Adolesc Health. [added 09 Apr 2020]
• April 2020. COVID-19 virus and children: What do we know? [Editorial] Archives de Pédiatrie.  [added 08 Apr 2020]
• 06 Apr 2020.COVID-19 infection in a paucisymptomatic infant: Raising the index of suspicion in epidemic settings. Pediatr Pulmonol. [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 06 Apr 2020. Epidemiology and clinical features of Coronavirus disease 2019 in children. Clin Exp Pediatr.  [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 03 Apr 2020.Coronavirus disease 2019 and children: What pediatric health care clinicians need to know. JAMA Pediatr.  [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 02 Apr 2020. Behavioral and emotional disorders in children during the COVID-19 epidemic. J Pediatr. [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 31 Mar 2020. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and pediatric patients: A review of epidemiology, symptomatology, laboratory and imaging results to guide the development of a management algorithm. Cureus.  [added 08 Apr 2020]

• 31 Mar 2020. COVID-19 epidemic: disease characteristics in children. J Med Virol.  [added 02 Apr 2020]
• 24 Mar 2020. Clinical Characteristics of Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Hubei, China. Curr Med Sci. [added 29 Apr 2020]
• 18 Mar 2020. Lu X et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. [Letter to the Editor] NEJM. 
• American Academy of Pediatrics. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infections. Red Book Online. Last updated 16 Mar 2020.
• Nature Medicine. [Brief Communication]. Characteristics of pediatrics SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding. 13 Mar 2020.
• ​Zimmermann P et al. Coronavirus in children including COVID-19: An overview of the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention options in children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 12 Mar 2020.
• Liu W. et al. Detection of COVID-19 in children in early January 2020 in Wuhan, China. [Letter to the Editor] NEJM 12 Mar 2020. 
• Hageman, J. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Editorial. Pediatric Annals. 11 Mar 2020. 
• Chen ZM et al. Diagnosis and treatment recommendations for pediatric respiratory infection caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus. World J Ped. 5 Feb 2020.

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PubMed - COVID-19 and skin/cutaneous manifestations

Google Scholar - COVID-19 and skin/cutaneous manifestations

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View the full collection, "COVID "Toe(s)" from the 1 May 2020 PubMed search

• 12 May 2020. Clustered Cases of Acral Perniosis: Clinical Features, Histopathology and Relationship to COVID-19. Pediatr Dermatol. [added 15 May 2020]

• Chilblains are a common cutaneous finding during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective nationwide study from France. J Am Acad Dermatol. 4 May 2020.

• Characterization of acute acro-ischemic lesions in non-hospitalized patients: a case series of 132 patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Apr 24. 
• Chilblain-like lesions during COVID-19 epidemic: a preliminary study on 63 patients. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Apr 24. 
• Acral cutaneous lesions in the Time of COVID-19. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Apr 24. 
• Did Whatsapp(®) reveal a new cutaneous COVID-19 manifestation? J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Apr 24. 
• Addressing the Question of Dermatologic Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Lower Extremities: A Closer Look at the Available Data and its Implications. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association In-Press. 20 Apr 2020.
• A case of COVID-19 presenting in clinical picture resembling chilblains disease. First report from the Middle East. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2020 Apr 17. 
• A New Vasculitis at the time of COVID-19. Dermatologica Pediatrica, 2020 April 13.

• Cutaneous Findings Reported in COVID-19 University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Department of Dermatology. 13 Apr 2020.

• Acute Acro-Ischemia in a Child at the time of COVID-19. Dermatologica Pediatrica, 2020 April 11. 

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PubMed: COVID-19 and appendicitis

Google Scholar: COVID-19 and appendicitis

Selected full-text articles, listed by publication date

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• Perspectives on pediatric appendicitis and appendectomy during the severe acute respiratory coronavirus syndrome 2 pandemic. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 1 April 2020. 

• SARS-CoV-2 infection may result in appendicular syndrome: Chest CT scan before appendectomy. J Visc Surg. 15 Apr 2020. [article in French]

Current articles, commentary, research letters

All publications are In Press / Epub ahead of print unless otherwise indicated

• 13 May 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid global response for children with cancer from SIOP, COG, SIOP-E, SIOP-PODC, IPSO, PROS, CCI, and St Jude Global. Pediatr Blood Cancer. [added 15 May 2020]

• 01 May 2020. Challenges posed by COVID-19 to children with cancer. Lancet Haematol. [added 14 May 2020]

• 20 Apr 2020. Lessons after the early management of the COVID-19 outbreak in a pediatric transplant and hemato-oncology center embedded within a COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Lombardia, Italy. Estote parati. Bone Marrow Transplant. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 16 Apr 2020. How we deal with the COVID-19 epidemic in an Italian pediatric onco-hematology clinic located in a region at high density of cases. [Letter] Br J Haematol. 16 Apr 2020. [added 17 Apr 2020]
• 07 Apr 2020. Flash survey on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infections in paediatric patients on anticancer treatment. Eur J Cancer. [added 20 Apr 2020]
• 02 Apr 2020. Early advice on managing children with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic and a call for sharing experiences. Pediatr Blood Cancer. [Added 07 Apr 2020]
• 02 Apr 2020. How young patients with cancer perceive the Covid-19 (coronavirus) epidemic in Italy: Is there room for other fears? Pediatr Blood Cancer. [Added 07 Apr 2020]
• 01 Apr 2020. Strategic plan for COVID-19 in paediatric haematology and oncology departments. Lancet Haematol. [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 31 Mar 2020. Challenges posed by COVID-19 to children with cancer. Lancet, 25 Mar 2020. [added 31 Mar 2020]
• Pediatric Blood & Cancer. [Letter to the Editor] Clinical strategies for treating pediatric cancer during the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus infection.  8 Mar 2020.

Guidelines and Selected Grey Literature

• BCCDC. Children with immuno-suppression. 18 March 2020.

Current articles, commentary, research letters

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Guidelines and Selected Grey Literature

• BCCDC. Children with immuno-suppression. 18 March 2020.
• Interim guidance: Public health management of cases and contacts associated with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the community. BCCDC. 16 Mar 2020. *see p.12: section on "Health Care Workers" for guidance on care in the home
• Coronavirus: How we're responding and how it may impact you. Pediatric Home Services (US)

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• 12 May 2020. Risk of COVID-19 in young kidney transplant recipients. Results from a single-center observational study. Clin Transplant. [added 15 May 2020]
• Gori A et al. Coronavirus disease 2019 and transplantation: A view from the inside. [Letter to the Editor]. Am J Transplant. 17 Mar 2020.
• Michaels M et al. Coronavirus disease 2019: Implications for emerging infections for transplantation. [Personal Viewpoint]. Am J Transplant. 24 Feb 2020.

Guidelines and Selected Grey Literature

• BCCDC. Children with immuno-suppression. 18 March 2020.

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• 13 May 2020. The psycho-physical impact that COVID-19 has on children must not be underestimated. Acta Paediatr.[added 15 May 2020]

• 21 Apr 2020. Addressing the Experience of Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Clin Psychiatry. [added 23 Apr 2020]

• 14 Apr 2020. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. [added 15 Apr 2020]
• 09 Apr 2020. Acute stress, behavioural symptoms and mood states among school-age children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder during the COVID-19 outbreak. Asian J Psychiatr. [added 23 Apr 2020]

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• 14 Apr 2020. Recommendations for the Care of Pediatric Orthopedic Patients During the COVID Pandemic. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. [added 20 Apr 2020]

Practice Guidelines & selected grey literature

• BCCDC - Personal Protective Equipment. 
• 19 Mar 2020: Cochrane Library. Special collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Infection control & prevention measures.  
• 13 Mar 2020: Yan Y. et al. Consensus of Chinese experts on protection of skin and mucous membrane barrier for healthcare workers fighting against coronavirus disease 2019. Dermatol Ther.  Accepted manuscript.
• 10 March 2020: CDC. Interim infection prevention and control recommendations for patients with suspected or confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in healthcare settings. 
• 13 Mar 2020: Alberta Health Services. COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV) Interim IPC Recommendations. 
• 05 Mar 2020: Australian Govt Dept of Health. Interim recommendations for the use of PPE during hospital care of people with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 
• 01 Mar 2020: WHO. Q&A on infection prevention & control for health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed 2019-nCoV. 
• 01 Mar 2020: Gov.uk. COVID-19: Guidance for infection prevention and control for healthcare settings. 
• 01 Mar 2020: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Clinical Pathway for Emergent Screening & Evaluation of COVID-19.
• 4 Feb 2020: Government of Canada. Infection prevention and control for coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Interim guidance for acute healthcare settings. 

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• 02 Apr 2020. Precautions for operating room team members during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Coll Surg. [added 07 Apr 2020]
• Evidence based resources for health professionals. JBI COVID-19 Special Collection. [added 06 Apr 2020]
• 01 Apr 2020. Environment and personal protective equipment tests for SARS-CoV-2 in the isolation room of an infant with infection. [Letter] Ann Intern Med. [added 03 Apr 2020]
• 27 Mar 2020. Simulation as a tool for assessing and evolving your current personal and protective equipment: Lessons learned during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Can J Anaesth. [added 02 Apr 2020]
• 16 Mar 2020. Absence of contamination of personal protective equipment [PPE] by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. [added 02 Apr 2020]
• 23 Mar 2020. Protecting healthcare personnel from 2019-nCoV infection risks: lessons and suggestions. Zhang Z et al. Frontiers of Medicine. [added 30 Mar 2020]
• 17 Mar 2020. Personal protective equipment for protecting healthcare staff from highly infectious diseases. EvidenceAid, 17 Mar 2020. Summary of July 2019 Cochrane SR by Verbeek J et al. [added 31 Mar 2020]

Quick links to reliable sources

• IPAC - Coronavirus Resources from Infection Control Canada
• Infectious Diseases Society of America - COVID-19: Resource Center
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology - COVID-19 Resources

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• 01 May 2020. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Management, Staffing, and Well-being in the Face of COVID-19. J Hosp Med. [added 14 May 2020]
• 28 Apr 2020. Rapid Implementation of an Adult COVID-19 Unit in a Children's Hospital. J Pediatr. [added 14 May 2020]
• 14 Apr 2020. Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. [Operations]
• 11 Apr 2020. Collaborative multi-disciplinary incident command at Seattle Children's Hospital for rapid preparatory pediatric surgery countermeasures to the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Coll Surg. [added 15 Apr 2020]
• 03 Apr 2020. COVID-19 pandemic: Staged management of surgical services for gynecology and obstetrics. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 03 Apr 2020. [added 07 Apr 2020]
• 31 Mar 2020. Preparing for uncertainty during public health emergencies: What Canadian health leaders can do now to optimize future emergency response. Healthcare Management Forum. [added 14 Apr 2020] 
• 29 Mar 2020. Preparing an obstetric unit in the heart of the epidemic strike of COVID-19: quick reorganization tips. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. [added 01 Apr 2020]
• Adams JG. et al. Supporting the health care workforce during the COVID-19 global epidemic. [Viewpoint] JAMA. 12 Mar 2020.
• Schwartz J. et al. Protecting health care workers during the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak - Lessons from Taiwan's SARS response. Clin Infect Dis. 12 Mar 2020. Accepted manuscript. 
• Wong J et al. Preparing for a COVID-19 pandemic: a review of operating room outbreak response measures in a large tertiary hospital in Singapore. Can J Anesth/JCan Anesth. 4 March 2020. Accepted manuscript.
• Bearman G. et al. Novel coronavirus and hospital infection prevention: Preparing for the impromptu speech. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 3 Mar 2020.
• Musto R. et al. Health services restructuring in Alberta and the 2009 pandemic influenza - An untimely occurrence. Healthcare Management Forum. 10 Mar 2020.
• Cao Y. et al. Hospital emergency management plan during the COVID-10 epidemic. [Research Letter] Acad Emerg Med. 02 Mar 2020.