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Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: What a doctor on the frontline needs to know.

Down B., Kulkarni S., Khan AHA., Barker B., Tang I.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a zoonotic respiratory infection originating from Wuhan, China. Rapidly spreading from Wuhan to all inhabited continents of the world, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2019. Infected patients present with fever and cough; radiological features include bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray and computed tomography scanning. Management is supportive with oxygen supplementation, broad-spectrum antibiotics as well as careful fluid balancing. A number of drugs, both new and old, are currently in clinical trials and being used on an experimental basis in clinical practice. The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest worldwide public health crisis of a generation, and has led to seismic political, economic and social changes. This review provides an overview of COVID-19 for junior doctors who find themselves on a new frontline of healthcare.

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.amsu.2020.05.014

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2020-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

55

Pages

24 - 29

Total pages

5

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