Letter to Editor
Year 2020,
Volume: 42 Issue: 1, 1 - 2, 20.05.2020
Abstract
Since December 2019 we have been faced with a rapidly growing number of patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 is a respiratory illness. A person may have a dry cough, fever, muscle aches, and fatigue. Most common diagnosis for severe COVID-19 is severe pneumonia which may be life threatening . In most cases, antiviral, antimicrobial, and steroidal treatment is applied in these patients. However, some cases are resistant to treatment. Then the use of extracorporeal oxygenation membranes (ECMO) may be helpful.
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Year 2020,
Volume: 42 Issue: 1, 1 - 2, 20.05.2020
Abstract
References
- 1. Smereka J, Szarpak L, Filipiak KJ. Modern medicine in COVID-19 era. Disaster Emerg Med J 2020; 5(2); DOI: 10.5603/DEMJ.a2020.0012 2. Dzieciatkowski T, Szarpak L, Filipiak KJ, Jaguszewski M, Ladny JR, Smereka J. COVID-19 challenge for modern medicine. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14. doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0055. 3. Lai CC, Shih TP, Ko WC, Tang HJ, Hsueh PR. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): The epidemic and the challenges. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020 Mar;55(3):105924. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105924 4. Smereka J, Puslecki M, Ruetzler K, et al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19. Cardiol J. 2020 Apr 14. doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0053. 5. Pravda NS, Pravda MS, Kornowski R, Orvin K. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy in the COVID-19 pandemic. Future Cardiol. 2020 Apr 17. doi: 10.2217/fca-2020-0040. 6. WHO. Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected. 2020. . (accessed April 20, 2020) https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/clinical-managementof-novel-cov.pdf. 7. Jacobs JP, Stammers AH, St Louis J. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Treatment of Severe Pulmonary and Cardiac Compromise in COVID-19: Experience with 32 patients. ASAIO J. 2020 Apr 17. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001185. 8. Burns KE, Adhikari NK, Slutsky AS, Guyatt GH, Villar J, Zhang H, Zhou Q, Cook DJ, Stewart TE, Meade MO. Pressure and volume-limited ventilation for the ventilatory management of patients with acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2011;6:e14623. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014623. 9. Luecke T, Pelosi P. Clinical review: Positive end-expiratory pressure and cardiac output. Crit Care. 2005;9:607–621. doi: 10.1186/cc3877.
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Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Health Care Administration |
| Journal Section | Letters to the Editor |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | May 20, 2020 |
| Acceptance Date | April 28, 2020 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2020Volume: 42 Issue: 1 |