Cochrane Reviews on COVID-19 by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews: COVID-19

21 Jun 2022

Update: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19

This update of the original Cochrane review published in 2021 explores the effects of ivermectin in preventing and treating COVID-19 infection.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

20 May 2022

Update: Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID‐19

This review update (original version published 7 July 2020) examines how accurate diagnosis of COVID‐19 is, based on symptoms and signs from medical examination. The review authors were interested in people with suspected COVID‐19, who go to their doctor, outpatient test centres, or hospital.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

16 May 2022

Update (16 May 2022) Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19

Original version published on 30 September 2020.

This is the fourth version of this review. The authors of this review wanted to know whether chest imaging is accurate enough to diagnose COVID‐19 in people with suspected infection. They also wanted to assess the accuracy of chest imaging for screening asymptomatic people. The evidence is up to date to 17 February 2021.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE