Covid 19 Decision Support and Evidence
Point of care / decision support
BMJ Best Practice –
Dynamed –
- Acute Kidney Injury - Approach to the Patient. COVID-19 patients with acute kidney injury
- Chloroquine
- COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
- COVID-19 and cancer patients
- COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease patients
- COVID-19 and patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
- COVID-19 and pediatric patients
- COVID-19 and pregnant patients
- COVID-19 and special populations
- COVID-19 associated coagulopathy
- Disease-modifying Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis. Disease-modifying Therapy Use During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) in Adults. Management During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Anesthetic concerns, including airway management and infection control
- Arrhythmias and conduction system disease
- Cancer care during the pandemic
- Care of patients with systemic rheumatic disease during the pandemic
- Clinical effectiveness COVID-19 resources
- Clinical features and diagnosis
- Considerations in children
- Cutaneous manifestations and issues related to dermatologic care
- Critical care and airway management issues
- Epidemiology, virology, clinical features, diagnosis and prevention
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Hypercoagulability
- Infection control in healthcare and home settings
- Intensive care ventilation with anesthesia machines
- Issues relating to kidney disease and hypertension
- Issues related to gastrointestinal disease in adults
- Issues related to solid organ transplants
- Management in hospitalized adults
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
- Myocardial infarction and other coronary artery disease issues
- Myocardial injury
- Outpatient management in adults
- Pregnancy issues
Guidelines
Department of Health and Social Care -
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): admission and care of people in care homes
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested - guidance on Coronavirus testing for frontline workers who are self-isolating
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): hospital discharge service requirements
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection prevention and control (IPC)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): looking after people who lack mental capacity
- COVID-19: guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs or alcohol
- COVID-19: personal protective equipment (PPE) plan
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): verifying death in times of emergency
EC4H -
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine & Society of Critical Care Medicine -
Healthcare Improvement Scotland -
- Anticipatory care planning for COVID-19
- COVID-19: Evidence for Scotland
- Guidelines for cancer treatment during COVID-19 pandemic
- SAPG response to COVID-19
- Supporting person-centred care in COVID-19 situations
Health Protection Scotland -
NHS Employers –
NHS England -
- Adult critical care novel coronavirus (COVID-19) staffing framework
- Clinical guide for acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 outside the intensive care unit during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for anaesthesia service reorganisation during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure in adults during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for front line staff to support the management of patients with a learning disability, autism or both during the coronavirus pandemic–relevant to all clinical specialities
- Clinical guide for renal replacement therapy options in critical care during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for supporting compassionate visiting arrangements for those receiving care at the end of life
- Clinical guide for the management of acute burns patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of anticoagulant services during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of cardiology patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of cardiothoracic surgery patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of critical care patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of emergency department patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of major trauma patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of neurotrauma patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of non-coronavirus patients requiring acute treatment: cancer
- Clinical guide for the management of non-coronavirus patients requiring acute treatment: general and internal medicine during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of ophthalmology patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of paediatric critical care patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of paediatric patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of palliative care in hospital during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of patients requiring immunoglobulin treatment during the coronavirus pandemic and management of supply
- Clinical guide for management of patients requiring oral and maxillofacial surgery during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of patients requiring plastics treatment during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of patients requiring spinal surgery during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of people with diabetes during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of patients with musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions on corticosteroids during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of radiology patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of respiratory patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management or Rheumatology patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of stroke patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of surge during the coronavirus pandemic: rapid learning
- Clinical guide for the management of surgical patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of trauma and orthopaedic patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of urgent and emergency spinal surgical patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the management of vascular surgery patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the optimal use of oxygen therapy during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for the perioperative care of people with fragility fractures during the coronavirus pandemic
- Guidance for the role and use of non-invasive respiratory support in adult patients with COVID-19 (confirmed or suspected)
- Clinical guide for the temporary reorganisation of intrapartum maternity care during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide for use of anaesthetic machines to provide continuous invasive ventilatory support for adult patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guide to surgical prioritisation during the coronavirus pandemic
- Clinical guidelines for children and young people with palliative care needs in all care settings during the COVD-19 pandemic
- Clinical management of persons admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19 infection
- Guidance on supply and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Management of proton beam therapy referrals in response to COVID-19
- Reference guide for emergency medicine
- Urgent and emergency musculoskeletal conditions in children (under 16) requiring onward referral
- Urgent and emergency musculoskeletal conditions requiring onward referral
NICE –
- Guidance and rapid reviews
- Acute kidney injury
- Acute myocardial injury
- Antibiotics for pneumonia in adults in hospital
- Children and young people who are immunocompromised
- Chronic kidney disease
- Community-based care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Critical care in adults
- Cystic fibrosis
- Dermatological conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response
- Diagnostic tests for covid-19 evidence standards framework
- Dialysis service delivery
- Delivery of radiotherapy
- Delivery of systemic anticancer treatments
- Gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response
- Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lenalidomide with rituximab for previously treated follicular lymphoma
- Lifelight First for monitoring vital signs
- Managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community
- Managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
- myCOPD for self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Remdesivir for treating hospitalised patients with suspected or confirmed Covid-19
- Renal Transplantation
- Rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders
- Severe asthma
- Support for developers of medicinal products for covid-19
Public Health England –
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): health and wellbeing of the adult social care workforce
- Finding the evidence: Coronavirus
Scottish Care -
Scottish Government -
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): adult support and protection guidance
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): adults with incapacity guidance
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for unpaid carers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): clinical guidance for managing patients
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): clinical guidelines for cancer treatment
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): clinical guidance for the management of clients accessing care at home, housing support and sheltered housing
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): clinical guidance - using physical restraint for patients
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): ethical advice and support framework
- Coronavirus (COVID 19): guidance on changes to social care assessments
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on domestic abuse
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): guide for health professions considering a return to the NHS Scotland
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): interim guidance on re-starting therapy in patients with cancer after infection with COVID-19
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): nursing and community health staff guidance
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): palliative care toolkit
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for personal assistants
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): PPE access for social care providers and unpaid carers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): prioritisation matrix for key workers to be tested
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): safe and ethical social work practice
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): shielding guidance for local authorities and local resilience partnerships
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): student support guidance for medical, nursing and midwifery students
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): transfer of medical certificates of cause of death - guidance for doctors
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): unpaid carers providing personal care
- COVID-19 Scottish primary care hub triage guide
- Definitions of respiratory patients at high risk of COVID-19 infection, for shielding
- Emergency department management of suspected COVID-19 in adults
- National supporting guidance for Scottish general practice
- NHSScotland clinical guidance for TIA and stroke management during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Pragmatic guide for diabetes services during the Coronavirus pandemic. Guidance from the Scottish Diabetes Group
Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines -
- Covid-19 resources
- End of life care guidance when a person is imminently dying from COVID-19 lung disease
- Alternatives to regular medication normally given via a syringe pump when this is not available
SIGN -
- British guideline on the management of asthma
- Care of deteriorating patients
- COVID-19 position statement: CPAP for COVID-19-related respiratory failure
- Risk reduction and management of delirium
UK Advisory Panel -
World Health Organization -
Royal Colleges & Professional organisations
British Association of Dermatologists
British Cardiovascular Society
British Geriatrics Society -
- Coronavirus - current information and advice
- Coronavirus and older people
- Dementia and cognitive impairment
- End of life care and dementia
- Managing the pandemic in care homes
- COVID-19 and medicine for older people
- Managing delirium in suspected and confirmed cases
- Geriatric basics for non-specialists
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Social care
Scottish Social Services Council
Evidence summaries
British Islamic Medical Association -
Cochrane Library -
- Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff
- Special collection on evidence relevant to critical care
- Special collection on infection control and prevention
Don't Forget the Bubbles Paediatric evidence summary
EPPI-Centre-19, University College London - COVID-19: Living map of the evidence
Evidence Aid - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection
Healthcare Improvement Scotland -
- Is giving chest compressions considered an aerosol generating procedure (AGP)?
- NHS England clinical guide for the management of essential cancer surgery for adults during the Coronavirus pandemic: applicable to NHS Scotland?
- Should temperature screening by thermal imaging systems be part of the policy response to curb COVID-19 transmission?
- What works to prevent COVID-19 in "care at home" settings?
- What works to prevent COVID-19 in care homes?
Acute use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for people with or at risk of COVID-19
Cytokin absorption devices treating respiratory failure in people with COVID-19
Oxford University - COVID-19 evidence service
SIGN - Assessment of COVID-19 in primary care: evidence review