Clinical management of COVID-19: Living guideline, 18 August 2023
Overview
The WHO COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with COVID-19. Providing guidance that is comprehensive and holistic for the optimal care of COVID-19 patients throughout their entire illness is important. The latest version is available in pdf format (via the ‘Download’ button) and via an online platform, and is updated regularly as new evidence emerges.
The latest version (7th version) contains one new recommendation:
** NEW** Conditional recommendation for awake prone positioning for severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen (includes HFNO) or non-invasive ventilation (moderate/low certainty evidence). (published 18 August 2023).
To view previous (now outdated) versions of this guideline, please see the links below:
| Version | Date | Link |
| 1 | 27 May 2020 | (accessible as pdf only), was originally published under the title "Clinical management of COVID-19: interim guidance, 27 May 2020". |
| 2 | 25 January 2021 | access via an online platform or as pdf |
| 3 | 23 November 2021 | access via an online platform or as a pdf |
| 4 | 23 June 2022 | access via an online platform or as a pdf |
| 5 | 15 September 2022 | access via an online platform or as a pdf |
| 6 | 13 January 2023 | access via an online platform or as a pdf |
