Management of the first severe case of COVID-19 in the small islands of Maldives.
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
02
05
2020
revised:
29
05
2020
accepted:
04
06
2020
entrez:
19
6
2020
pubmed:
19
6
2020
medline:
19
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The first cases of COVID19 in the Maldives was reported on 7th March 2020 with a total of 13 cases by 27th March from number of resort islands and were confined to the islands in which the cases were detected. This report describes the clinical course and management of the first severe case that required intensive care. Treatment strategy adopted was supportive and patient improved wit timely symptomatic management. This case highlights the importance of epidemiological surveillance and active case finding to detect and diagnose the case at an early stage for appropriate clinical management for positive outcomes in high risk groups.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32550127
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101118
pii: S2213-0071(20)30208-2
pii: 101118
pmc: PMC7276129
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101118Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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