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Sep 2020
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Covid-19 update: Steroids, PPE, long cov...

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Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks editors from BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice to summarise the latest clinical guidance related to covid-19. Matt Castleden updates us on treatment with steroids, PPE and symptoms of covid-19 which are present weeks or months after infection. And Emma Scott talks about surveys on the mental health of populatio ... Show More
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