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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we have been able to produce podcasts regularly, keeping you up to date with all the latest evidence based medicine, as well as cutting edge interviews. […]

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Salim Rezaie joins the 28 April 2020 COVID-19 journal club, with the recording and paper list collected here. The discussion centres on thrombosis, alongside early reports on awake proning, antibody testing, hospital outcomes and falling acute coronary syndrome admissions.

An April 2020 review of ten COVID-19 papers, covering lung injury, service capacity, biomarkers, antibody testing and population surveillance. It also examines lung ultrasound, hydroxychloroquine and protection in refugee camps, separating promising ideas from evidence that was still preliminary.

Notes from an April 2020 discussion of point-of-care ultrasound in suspected COVID-19. The authors explore lung scanning, interpretation, decontamination, triage and training, while recognising that the evidence was developing and ultrasound findings needed to be considered alongside clinical probability and alternative diagnoses.

An April 2020 podcast and accompanying notes following patients with COVID-19 from the emergency department into critical care. Dan Horner discusses respiratory support, proning, ventilation physiology and equipment problems, alongside the practical and emotional pressures of working in intensive care during the first wave.

Casey Parker joins the 21 April 2020 COVID-19 journal club, with a recording, podcast and reading list. The papers cover hydroxychloroquine, antibody prevalence, virology, protection in camp settings, myocarditis and chest CT, capturing questions being debated during the pandemic's first months.

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An April 2020 critical appraisal of early reports linking COVID-19 with thrombosis and raised D-dimer. Dan Horner questions incidence estimates, composite outcomes and claims about heparin, explaining why observational associations alone could not settle the benefits and harms of intensified anticoagulation.

An extended April 2020 COVID-19 journal club collection, combining the first webinar with ten additional paper reviews. Topics include children, antibody testing, intensive care outcomes, prediction models and thrombosis, with attention to bias, small samples and the limits of early observations.