Respiratory

An August 2020 appraisal of hydroxychloroquine after household or occupational exposure to COVID-19. It examines a placebo-controlled trial's lack of a clear benefit, adverse effects and the uncertainty introduced by remote recruitment and outcomes based largely on self-reported symptoms.

Roberto Cosentini returns to reflect on staff wellbeing after the first COVID-19 surge in Bergamo. This July 2020 conversation explores routines, relationships, interests outside medicine and sharing experiences, drawing on his personal response to an exceptionally difficult period.

A June 2020 appraisal of the RECOVERY dexamethasone preprint in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. The review examines mortality findings in patients receiving oxygen or ventilation, recruitment and generalisability, and the difficulties of assessing important research first announced through a press release.

Ten COVID-19 papers selected for emergency clinicians in June 2020. The team reviews paediatric inflammatory illness, testing, vaccine planning, staff wellbeing and the pandemic's wider health effects, explaining where early studies and commentary leave important uncertainties.

The reading list for the 18 June 2020 COVID-19 journal club with Katrin Hruska. Topics include lung ultrasound, paediatric inflammatory illness, bystander CPR and health inequalities, alongside the first RECOVERY announcement and the implications of recent research retractions.

Iain and Simon review May 2020 on St Emlyn's, including COVID-19 research discussions and venous thromboembolism resources. The written episode notes also connect global health, race and inequality with reflections on privilege and the perspectives emergency clinicians bring to their work.