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Modern medicine in COVID-19 era

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Coronaviral infections have been known for a long time; these viruses cause a number of diseases, not only in humans but also in animals. The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic started in 2019 in China [1,2]. Discussions are ongoing about the timing of the first case, but there is no doubt that it was during the last quarter of 2019. The virus infection can be non-specific and asymptomatic, mildly symptomatic, and can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring mechanical ventilation, as well as septic shock and multiorgan failure.

Source: Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal

DOI: 10.5603/demj.a2020.0012

Authors: Jacek Smereka, Lukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak

Institutions: Wroclaw Medical University, Polish Society for Emergency Medicine, Uczelnia Łazarskiego, Medical University of Warsaw

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Ratunkowej