Inpatient Care of Patients with COVID-19: A Guide for Hospitalists.
COVID-19
Infection control
SARS-CoV-2
Journal
The American journal of medicine
ISSN: 1555-7162
Titre abrégé: Am J Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0267200
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
27
03
2020
revised:
29
03
2020
accepted:
30
03
2020
pubmed:
28
4
2020
medline:
9
9
2020
entrez:
28
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Since its emergence in December 2019, the virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has quickly caused a pandemic. This virus causes a disease now known as coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. As an increasing proportion of the at-risk population becomes infected, and patients with severe illness are hospitalized, it is essential for hospitalists to remain current on how to best care for people with suspected or confirmed disease. Establishing a system for logistical planning, and accurate information sharing is strongly recommended. Infection control remains the ultimate goal. As such, health care workers should be educated on universal and isolation precautions, and the appropriate use of personal protective equipment. Social distancing should be encouraged to prevent the spread of infection, and creative and innovative ways to reduce contact may need to be considered. Moreover, it is imperative to prepare for contingencies as medical staff will inevitably get sick or become unavailable. Hospitalists have the difficult task of caring for patients while also adapting to the many logistical and social elements of a pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32339477
pii: S0002-9343(20)30349-1
doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.03.041
pmc: PMC7182745
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1019-1024Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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