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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

Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin

How accurate is Xpert MTB/XDR for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to tuberculosis drugs (i.e. isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin) in adults?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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Primaquine alternative dosing schedules for preventing malaria relapse in people with Plasmodium vivax

Primaquine to cure people with Plasmodium vivax malaria: comparing dosing schedules

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Evidence synthesis workshops: moving from face- to- face to online learning

This article describes the approach, experiences and lessons learnt from converting a face- to- face workshop to a 6- week online course designed for healthcare professionals in Africa.

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Interventions for preventing postpartum constipation

This review update evaluates the effectiveness and safety of interventions for preventing postpartum constipation

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Community‐level interventions for improving access to food in low‐ and middle‐income countries

This Cochrane Review looked at the effect of community-level interventions on individuals, households and communities in LMICs to improve access to nutritious food

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

New ARRIVE Guidelines 2.0 released

Better reporting of animal research is the aim of the ARRIVE Guidelines. LSTM’s Professor Paul Garner has been part of a team of senior researchers and science editors that have updated guidelines for the reporting of research and methods in scientific studies in animals.

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Podcast: Can symptoms and medical examination accurately diagnose COVID-19 disease?

This podcast is for an earlier version of this review In this podcast, lead author, Thomas Struyf from the KU Leuven in Belgium, explains why this review is needed and discusses the findings of the review.

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

This review assesses the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms to determine if a person presenting in primary care or to hospital outpatient settings, has COVID‐19 disease or COVID‐19 pneumonia.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection

This document consolidates five guidelines developed by WHO between 2016 and 2020.

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Rapid diagnostic tests for plague

A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) could help prompt diagnosis of plague, especially in low‐resource settings.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2

Antibody tests could have a useful role in detecting if someone has had COVID-19, but timing is important.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Should healthcare personnel in nursing homes without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks for primary prevention of COVID-19? A rapid review

Internationally, there are conflicting recommendations regarding the use of facemasks by asymptomatic personnel in long-term care facilities for primary prevention (when no cases have yet been identified) of COVID-19 infection.

Peer-reviewed article

Strategies for optimising antenatal corticosteroid administration for women with anticipated preterm birth

The objective of the review was to determine the relative benefits and risks of individual patient protocols, health service policies, educational interventions or other strategies which aim to optimise the use of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) for anticipated preterm birth.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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