Free Episode
COVID-19 Lessons From NYC
Frank Illuzzi, MD, Mike Weinstock, MD, and Matthieu DeClerck, MD
No me gusta!
The flash player was unable to start. If you have a flash blocker then try unblocking the flash content - it should be visible below.
Patients with COVID-19 present in a variety of ways, and clinicians need to have a low index of suspicion for diagnosis. Management involves emergency referral for patients with a low oxygen saturation. Every patient should be treated as if they could have COVID-19.
REFERENCES:
- SARS-CoV-1. N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 17. PMID: 32182409.
- Guan, W.-jie, & Yu Hu, W. (2019). Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China. New England Journal of Medicine.
- Shi, H., Han, X., Jiang, N., Cao, Y., Alwalid, O., Gu, J., … Zheng, C. (2020). Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(4), 425–434. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30086-4
- Wong, H. Y. F., Lam, H. Y. S., Fong, A. H.-T., Leung, S. T., Chin, T. W.-Y., Lo, C. S. Y., … Ng, M.-Y. (2019). Frequency and Distribution of Chest Radiographic Findings in COVID-19 Positive Patients. Radiology, 201160. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201160