Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Coronavirus Infection in Health Care Workers; A Living Rapid Review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 120-136

  Chou, Roger ^a   Dana, Tracy ^a   Buckley, David I ^a   Selph, Shelley ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a   Totten, Annette M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROSOL GENERATING PROCEDURE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DEPRESSION; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMBASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATORY VENTILATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MANUAL VENTILATION; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE GLASSES; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEAL EXTUBATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 85088351536     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M20-1632     Document Type: Review

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