Importance of respiratory airway management as well as psychological and rehabilitative treatments to COVID-19 patients

The clinical therapy for severe 2019 coronavirus disease (i.e., COVID-19) sufferers is relatively challenging. Herein, the processes involving salvage of a critical COVID-19 patient were retrospectively analyzed. The condition of an obese female critical COVID-19 sufferer progressively worsened in the initial period after admission. According to her symptoms and examination reports, endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation were timely conducted and meanwhile high-dose sedatives and analgesics were administrated.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 29, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Yichun Jiang Dr, Jun Chen Dr, Fulan Cen Dr, Xu Li Dr, Zhi Song Dr, Mian Peng Dr, Xueyan Liu Dr Source Type: research