A report of clinical diagnosis and treatment of nine cases of coronavirus disease 2019

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has become an important public health issue in the world. More than 118 000 cases were confirmed around the world. The main clinical manifestations were respiratory symptoms and occasional gastrointestinal symptoms. However, there is no unified standard for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. In the retrospective analysis, we report nine cases of COVID-19, describe the history of contact, clinical manifestations, the course of diagnosis and clinical treatment before, during and after treatment.

Alerta: los síntomas gastrointestinales podrían ser una manifestación de la COVID-19

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Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs in management of COVID‐19; A systematic review on current evidence

“…5 For further investigation, the researchers of the present study evaluated all the existing reports on treatment of COVID-19 patients, which led to finding one clinical trial 4 and 12 case-report/ case-series studies. 1,3,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] There was no mention of prescribing NSAIDs in any of these studies. This might be because of no NSAID being prescribed, which is very unlikely; or it might just be that the In this study, use of ibuprofen has been suggested for controlling the patients' fever (fever over 38.5° Celsius).…”

COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

“…Medical staff face exhaustion, difficult triage decisions, separation from families, stigma and the pain of losing patients and colleagues, in addition to their own risks of infection. In Italy as of 3 April 2020, around 10,000 healthcare workers have been infected and 74 have died, and many others have died in countries across the globe [1,2]. While the pandemic in Africa is several weeks behind Europe and Asia, the number of cases in Africa is escalating fast [3][4][5].…”