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Within 30 days of their first COVID intubation, 10% of anaesthetists reported positive COVID infection.
El-Boghdadly K, WongD J NDJNDepartment of Anaesthesia Perioperative Medicine, Guy's St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Owen R et al. Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID-19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2020 Nov 1; 75 (11): 1437-1447.
  Daniel Jolley
pearl
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Direct impact by tear gas cannisters may result in traumatic brain injury, in addition to other chemical, thermal and mechanical trauma.
Alhillo HT, Arnaout MM, Radhi HS et al. Direct head injury caused by a tear gas cartridge. Questions on safety: A case report from Iraq and review of the literature. J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Oct 1; 56: 179-182.
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Relevant from the same research group:
Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review (BMJ Open 2017).
Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N et al. Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray. Bmc Public Health. 2017 Oct 19; 17 (1): 831.
  Daniel Jolley
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Relevant from the same research group:
Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray (BMC Public Health 2017).
Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N et al. Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2017 Dec 5; 7 (12): e018154.
  Daniel Jolley
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The WHO changed it's advice regarding the general public wearing face-masks in response to the conclusions of this study.
The WHO now recommends the public wear face-masks when unable to physically distance.
Chu DK, Akl EA, Duda S et al. Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2020 Jun 27; 395 (10242): 197319871973-1987.
  Daniel Jolley
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Related editorial in Anaesthesia (May 2020) from Cook & Harrop-Griffiths:
• Kicking on while it's still kicking off - getting surgery and anaesthesia restarted after COVID-19.
 
...and the follow-up from the COVIDSurg Collaborative looking at surgical timing after COVID (wait 7 weeks!):
• Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Jul 4; 396 (10243): 273827-38.
  Daniel Jolley
pearl
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Post-operative mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection having surgery is extremely high, even among low-risk patient or surgical groups, or those initially asymptomatic.
COVIDSurg Collaborative. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Jul 4; 396 (10243): 273827-38.
  Daniel Jolley
pearl
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Chemical irritant crowd control, such as with tear gas and pepper spray, can often cause injuries, sometimes severe or permanently disabling, and rarely even death.
Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N et al. Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray. Bmc Public Health. 2017 Oct 19; 17 (1): 831.
  Daniel Jolley
pearl
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Kinetic impact projectiles used for crowd control frequently cause injuries, often severe (70%), permanently disabling (15%), or even causing death (3%).
Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N et al. Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2017 Dec 5; 7 (12): e018154.
  Daniel Jolley
pearl
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Simple protective behavioural changes, namely physical distancing, face-mask use & eye protection, are associated with a significant risk reduction in coronavirus transmission.
Chu DK, Akl EA, Duda S et al. Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2020 Jun 27; 395 (10242): 197319871973-1987.
  Daniel Jolley