Work on COVID-19 at SBU

SBU has recently produced three responses to the SBU Enquiry Service: on the following questions:

Question 1

• Risk for transmission of viral infection during treatment with non-invasive ventilation using CPAP or BiPAP

PICO*

Question 2

• Effectiveness of non-invasive ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure due to coronavirus

PICO

Question 3

• Risk for transmission of viral infection during treatment with nebuliser or high-flow nasal cannula

Question 4

• Clinical Frailty Scale in prediction of mortality, disability and quality of life for patients in need of intensive care

PICO

Question 5

• Impact on coagulation due to coronavirus

Enquiry responses are always written in Swedish, but title and introduction is always translated to English and all tables are in English also in the Swedish version. We are planning to translate the response to question 1 above (the one on Clinical frailty scale) in full to English and it will be posted here once it is finalised.

Ongoing

Identifying and prioritisation of future research regarding long-term symptoms of Covid-19

* PICO is short for patient/population/problem,intervention/index test, comparison/control and outcome.