MS Resources: COVID-19

Useful links:

• Prof Gavin Giovannoni’s microsite MS-Selfie (Q&As and case studies):
  sites.google.com/giovannoni.net/clinicspeak-dmt/covid-19-ms
• ABN guidance:
  • theabn.org/page/COVID-19
  • Starting the Restart: ABN Guidance on recommencing neurology services in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (20/05/2020)
  • Updated: MS DMT drug guidance (18/05/2020)
  • MS DMT drug guidance (02/04/2020)
  • Watch our faculty discuss the updated ABN guidance on DMT monitoring
• Vitamin D information:
  • COVID-19 and vitamin D report
  • Barts MS Blog: #MSCovid19 Vitamin D & Zinc
  • NewsTalk: Vitamin D could benefit vulnerable adults during COVID-19 outbreak, Irish research finds
• Elsevier COVID-19 healthcare hub: covid-19.elsevier.health
• COVID-19 drug interactions prescribing resources:
  covid19-druginteractions.org
• COVID-19 age assessment toolkit by Polbridge Occupational Health
• Resources list by the Global Health Network: braininfectionsglobal.tghn.org/covid-neurology-resource
• MS Register electronic Case Report Form: ukmsregister.org/Research/COVID19CRF
• Barts MS Blog: multiple-sclerosis-research.org
• UK Government links:
  • Register a clinically extremely vulnerable person for support
  • UK government guidance on shielding
  • General advice: What you need to do
• Shift.ms social network: Shift.ms/covid19
• MS Trust
  • mstrust.org.uk/a-z/coronavirus-covid-19-and-multiple-sclerosis
  • Information for health professionals
• MS Society: mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/ms-and-coronavirus-care-and-support
• Join the discussions on Twitter: #MSCovid19

On our blog

• Rachel’s Story – Optimal Care Pathway
• How the MS community has been ‘raising the bar’ during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Update on the UK MS Register and COVID-19 study
• Prehabilitation and rehabilitation: taking care of your respiratory system during COVID-19
• Barbara Hoese: Keep Calm and Carry On, Or What I Learned from Reading 50 Articles About Leading in a Crisis
• Managing MS and stress amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
• UK MS Register COVID-19 case report form

Innovation during COVID-19 – ways of working and local initiatives

• Mobile phlebotomy service in Salford, run by Ashfield Healthcare
• Parkinson’s remote management digital tool being used in Italy
• NeuroResponse digital solution for managing MS

The COVID-19 pandemic and the use of MS disease-modifying therapies (article in press)

• sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211034820301498
• msard-journal.com/article/S2211-0348(20)30149-8