Approach to acute febrile illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Approach to acute febrile illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug Discov Ther. 2020 Dec 30;: Authors: Bhatt M, Soneja M, Gupta N Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a febrile respiratory illness that has spread rampantly across the globe and has emerged as one of the biggest pandemics of all time. Besides the direct effects of COVID-19 on mortality, collateral impacts on diagnosis and management of acute febrile illnesses (AFI) is a matter of great concern. The overlap in presentation, shunting of available resources and infection control precautions in patients with suspected COVID-19 result in a significant delay in diagnoses and management of AFI. This review highlights the challenges in the management of acute febrile illness during COVID pandemic and possible solutions for the same. PMID: 33390566 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug Discov Ther Source Type: research