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Covid-19 update: PPE, frailty and pneumonia BMJ's Coronavirus (COVID-19) playlist
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In this podcast, editors from BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning cover this week's major covid-19 clinical updates.
Matt Castleden and Abigail Davis, both Section Editors at BMJ Best practice and BMJ Learning, discuss the latest guidelines on PPE, clinical frailty scoring, silent hypoxia, and community-acquired pneumonia.
The RCP state that NEWS2 should be used when managing patients with COVID 19: rcplondon.ac.uk/news/news2-and-deterioration-covid-19
Read the NICE pneumonia guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/ng165
For more on Covid-19, look at BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000168
Or find relevant BMJ Learning content here: new-learning.bmj.com/covid-19
Currently this content is available for free.
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.
In this podcast, editors from BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning cover this week's major covid-19 clinical updates.
Matt Castleden and Abigail Davis, both Section Editors at BMJ Best practice and BMJ Learning, discuss the latest guidelines on PPE, clinical frailty scoring, silent hypoxia, and community-acquired pneumonia.
The RCP state that NEWS2 should be used when managing patients with COVID 19: rcplondon.ac.uk/news/news2-and-deterioration-covid-19
Read the NICE pneumonia guidance here: nice.org.uk/guidance/ng165
For more on Covid-19, look at BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000168
Or find relevant BMJ Learning content here: new-learning.bmj.com/covid-19
Currently this content is available for free.
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.
13 min