May 10, 2020
8th Edition
A weekly report to answer clinically relevant questions by summarizing the most recent evidence.
A letter to our readers:
Two months ago, our first case of COVID-19 was detected in Manitoba. Subsequently, lifealtering societal and academic changes were instituted. Rotations were cancelled, many non-COVID-19 research projects were put on hold and people found themselves in quarantine. We wanted a way to contribute to the COVID-19 pandemic response in the province. This led to the genesis of the Manitoba COVID-19 Report; a way for medical students, residents and graduate students, with the essential assistance from the University of Manitoba Neil John Maclean Health Sciences librarians, to contribute. Our goal was to provide timely, concise and well done reviews of the literature in this rapidly evolving situation when practicing clinicians had limited time to do so for themselves. These past eight weeks have been eye-opening to how the world can come together and produce medical literature at such a rapid pace.
The impact of this report has surpassed our expectations. Not only do we have thousands of readers in Manitoba, but we have also shared our knowledge translation with the international community including the USA, Bahamas, Brazil, countries within Europe, and beyond. Thank you for reading and sharing our newsletter! We thank all of our volunteers for the countless hours spent producing this quality weekly report. At this time, Manitoba is reopening, meaning that our group of volunteers are being drawn back to their various responsibilities. As such, the Manitoba COVID-19 Report will be going on a hiatus after this week's edition. We will continue to keep our website (www.mbcovid19report.com) updated with a list of resources for clinicians as well as the list of local clinical trials as they open.
Keep safe and be well!
Manitoba COVID-19 Report Team
This information is intended for health care professionals.
This report was produced by a collaboration of fellows, residents, medical students, graduate students, faculty leads, and librarians from the University of Manitoba and the Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases community.
The information presented reflects the data that is currently available to us. In the context of a pandemic where rapid dissemination of information is essential, we have included information from evolving medical literature which may be awaiting peer-review.
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