As most EU/EEA countries are starting to ease the current lock down, we at BestPractice Nordic think it is time to zoom out and get an overview of the situation. In this COVID-19 perspective MD and professor at Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Denmark, Eskild Petersen gives an overview and share his thoughts about ...

Keep up with the mass amount of information about COVID-19 being rolled out online. In this perspective we present three of this week’s COVID-19 headlines from Medscape, JAMA Network & The Lancet. Read about the susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 described from the human genome, managent of ADHD during the pandemic and gastrointestinal involvement in ...

In this COVID-19 perspective Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson describes current considerations regarding options for management of women with gynecologic cancers in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.  As we face the initial wave of COVID-19, we are aware of the concerns of patients and physicians related to the management of women with gynecologic cancer during ...

Our globe has changed dramatically since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel corona virus disease poses enormous challenges for society as a whole, and for all health care workers, including dermatologists.1 As the virus is highly contagious via respiratory transmission and via contact with contaminated surfaces, community transmission can be decreased through the ...

The ongoing pandemic due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected oncology departments across the globe with different means of precautions to protect cancer patients from COVID-19. In Copenhagen, Denmark we reported a case of a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma undergoing concomitant chemoradiotherapy with a platinum doublet regime and radiation of 60 ...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has focused on patients in need of intensive care. The number of mechanically ventilated patients has become a factor in how the pandemic is going. For the severely ill patient, oxygen therapy is a central medicine. However, too little and too much oxygen can be life-threatening. The potential side effects of ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it becomes clear that COVID-19 causes a broad spectrum of symptoms and diseases. In the beginning, COVID-19 was primarily considered to be a viral pneumonia, but now we learn that this novel coronavirus infection causes many different diseases, and affects many organ systems. In this COVID-19 perspective 3 specialists in ...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has focused on patients in need of intensive care. The number of mechanically ventilated patients has become a factor in how the pandemic is going. For the severely ill patient, oxygen therapy is a central medicine. However, too little and too much oxygen can be life-threatening. The potential side effects of ...

COVID-19 patients with glycemic control issues, characteristics from COVID-19 patients in New York City and an audio interview about vaccines and antivirals. In this perspective we present three of this week’s COVID-19 headlines from Medscape, JAMA Network & The New England Journal of Medicine. MEDSCAPE Medical News: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with glycemic control issues have ...

Are you fully informed about the features of COVID-19, its detection, and the future potential approaches for the development of vaccines? Get a detailed and graphically illustrated analysis of the virus made by Manlio Fusciello, PhD student working at the Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences & Drug Research Program at the University of Helsinki. The latest global ...