The World Health Organisation has now launched the Solidarity Trial
The solidarity trial has been launched to help develop treatments for Covid-19. The trial will result in current medicines with other licensed indications being used “off label “….
Professor Stephen Powes said during the Governments Sunday Press conference
The Isle of Wight will be trialling the new Covid-19 App, often the Island is used as a testbed as they have a defined set of variables which can be controlled. The Island has 140,000 people and this is a good size to carry out a trial. Sixty per cent of the islanders will have to download the app to make the trial effective…
Covid -19 and the Kidneys
Covid-19 does appear to attack the kidneys and affect the renal tubules and podocytes…
CPAP machines and Covid -19
CPAP machines normally used for sleep apnoea are being mass-produced by Mercedes F1 in collaboration with University College London. The CPAP machines have been approved by the MHRA after clinical trials….
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the Covid -19 pandemic.
Some Trusts and now insisting that patients who are in cardiac arrest and have a suspected diagnosis of Covid 19 will not be given Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or ventilated in A&E unless the emergency department staff are wearing full personal protective equipment. This is to stop the risk of virus particles being released into the air and affecting staff attending them and other patients…
MHRA inspections during Covid-19
he MHRA have announced that during this current pandemic only essential on-site inspections will take place. There is the possibility of an off-site or remote inspection depending on the circumstances or your inspection may be deferred until the pandemic has subsided….