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CORONA NEWS

-Carlotta Nerini-

$1.00

Thursday, 12 March, 2020

Vol XCIII, No. 311

How to recognize a patient with Covid-19 ?

nausea

fever

  • Patients:

fever, cough

and shortness

of breath

Corona virus : How is diagnosed?

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3

2

isolation

  • Nurse as First Evaluator
  • Have you travelled recently? If so where?
  • Who have you been in contact with recently?
  • What animal have you been in contact with recently?

nurse

SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19

He reports that he has recently visited Wuhan in China

  • Doctor as second evaluation

Have you been vaccinated against the flu?

(Patients vaccinated against the flu are more likely to be infected with 2019-nCoV that the flu)

  • Respiratory symptoms
  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Difficulty of breathing
  • Shortness of breath

He orders:

  • a chest X-ray
  • an immunoassy and PCR-based assay to detect the virus

If the patient's results are positive what are the reasonable treatment?

  • If a patient is too sick, hospitalization ensures supportive treatment and monitoring.
  • If the patient is not too sick, the individual can be sent home under self-isolation, wearing a face mask. Anti-fever medication and ventilators make the patient more comfortable.
  • There are no specific antiviral drugs available against SARS-CoV-2. Patient treatment is mainly supportive. Conservative fluid management via IV and supplemental oxygen help to make the patient comfortable.

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