COVID-19 Patient Management in Intensive Care
| Autor: | Cengiz Polat, Namigar Turgut, Tarkan Mingir, Şule Vatansever, Fulya Uğurlu, Onur Okur, Esra Akdas Tekin, Fethi Gültop |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | European Archives of Medical Research, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 34-42 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2651-3153 2651-3137 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/eamr.galenos.2020.96977 |
| Popis: | The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak as an international public health emergency (pandemic) on January 31, 2020. In line with WHO recommendations, in order to guide the Coronaviruse Disease-2019 (COVID-19) agent, transmission routes, case definitions, diagnosis and treatment methods, strategy and application methods, Turkish Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health has prepared guidelines. Management of patients with COVID‐19 includes epidemiological risk assessment and patient isolation; general and optimized supportive care, symptomatic treatment, respiratory support, nutritional support, psychological intervention etc. for infection prevention and control. The prognosis of patients depends on the severity of the disease, the age of the patient, their underlying diseases and their general medical condition. Patients with severe COVID-19 should be treated in the critical care unit. |
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