COVID  19 - NEXT EXAM Qs

VIROLOGY AND TRANSMISSION (3)

1) How is SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmitted?

2) What is the incubation period for COVID-19?

3) What are some of the important SARS-CoV-2 variants?

CLINICAL PRESENTATION (2)

1) What are the clinical presentation and natural history of COVID-19?

2) What factors are associated with severe COVID-19?

COMPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SYNDROMES (5)

1) What are the cardiac complications in patients with COVID-19? 

2) What are the major thrombotic complications in patients with COVID-19?

3) What are the most common dermatologic syndromes associated with COVID-19?
    4) What is multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19?

5) What is "long-COVID"? 

CLINICAL EVALUATION (2)

1) Is there a way to distinguish COVID-19 clinically from other respiratory illnesses, particularly influenza?

2) When should patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 be advised to stay at home? Have an in-person clinical evaluation? 

LABORATORY EVALUATION (3)

1) What laboratory abnormalities are commonly seen in patients with COVID-19?

2) What laboratory features are associated with severe COVID-19? 

3) What are the major coagulation abnormalities in patients with COVID-19?

DIAGNOSTIC TESTING (5)

1) What are the different types of tests for COVID-19?

2) How accurate is RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2? Should two tests be performed or one?

3) What are the indications for testing asymptomatic individuals?

4) When is the best time to test for COVID-19 following an exposure?

5) Can SARS-CoV-2 variants be reliably detected by available diagnostic assays?

HOME CARE (3)

1) What advice should be given to patients with known or presumed COVID-19 managed at home?

2) How long should patients cared for at home stay isolated?

3) What is the significance of a persistently positive RT-PCR for weeks after illness?

HOSPITAL CARE (5)

1) What is the preferred approach to oxygenation? 

2) When are antiviral treatment, glucocorticoids, and other COVID-19-specific therapies indicated?  

3) Is anticoagulation indicated in all hospitalized patients?  

4) Can acetaminophen or NSAIDs be used when providing supportive care?

5) Do ACE inhibitors and ARBs increase the likelihood of severe COVID-19?

ASTHMA/COPD (2)

1) Should patients using inhaled glucocorticoids for asthma or COPD be advised to stop these medications to prevent COVID-19?

2) Should patients with COVID-19 and an acute exacerbation of asthma or COPD be treated with systemic glucocorticoids? 

PREVENTION AND INFECTION CONTROL (4)

1) Which medication has been shown to prevent COVID-19?

2) What PPE is recommended for health care workers taking care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19?

3) What type of room should patients with known or suspected COVID-19 be placed in?

4) Should patients be advised to wear masks in public?

VACCINATION AND IMMUNITY (13)

1) Does protective immunity develop after SARS-CoV-2 infection? Can reinfection occur?

2) Which vaccines are currently available Worldwide?

3) How efficacious is vaccination at preventing symptomatic COVID-19?

4) Does vaccination prevent asymptomatic transmission?

5) Does vaccination prevent asymptomatic transmission?

6) What are the indications and contraindications to vaccination? 

7) What adverse effects are associated with vaccination? 

8) Is there an increased risk of thromboembolism associated with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/AZD1222 (AstraZeneca) vaccine?  

9) Can analgesics or antipyretics be taken for side effects following vaccination? 

10) Can other vaccines be given with COVID-19 vaccine?

11) What if the second dose of an mRNA vaccine cannot be given because of a prior reaction?

12) Should people who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection be vaccinated? If so, when?  

13) What should I advice patients about donating blood or plasma during the pandemic?