• Ann Med Surg (Lond) · Jul 2020

    Review

    Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: What a doctor on the frontline needs to know.

    • Billy Down, Sagar Kulkarni, KhanAmeer Hamid AhmedAHABarking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom., Benjamin Barker, and Ivan Tang.
    • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Standing Way, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5BY, United Kingdom.
    • Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Jul 1; 55: 24-29.

    AbstractCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a zoonotic respiratory infection originating from Wuhan, China. Rapidly spreading from Wuhan to all inhabited continents of the world, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2019. Infected patients present with fever and cough; radiological features include bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray and computed tomography scanning. Management is supportive with oxygen supplementation, broad-spectrum antibiotics as well as careful fluid balancing. A number of drugs, both new and old, are currently in clinical trials and being used on an experimental basis in clinical practice. The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest worldwide public health crisis of a generation, and has led to seismic political, economic and social changes. This review provides an overview of COVID-19 for junior doctors who find themselves on a new frontline of healthcare.© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd.

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