| Literature DB >> 32274773 |
Berthold Bein, Martin Bachmann, Susanne Huggett, Petra Wegermann.
Abstract
COVID-19, a new viral disease affecting primarily the respiratory system and the lung, has caused a pandemic with serious challenges to health systems around the world. In about 20% of patients, severe symptoms occur after a mean incubation period of 5 - 6 days; 5% of patients need intensive care therapy. Morbidity is about 1 - 2%. Protecting health care workers is of paramount importance in order to prevent hospital acquired infections. Therefore, during all procedures associated with aerosol production, a personal safety equipment consisting of a FFP2/FFP3 (N95) respiratory mask, gloves, safety glasses and a waterproof overall should be used. Therapy is based on established recommendations issued for patients with acute lung injury (ARDS). Lung protective ventilation, prone position, restrictive fluid management and an adequate management of organ failures are the mainstays of therapy. In case of fulminant lung failure, veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be used as a rescue in experienced centres. New, experimental therapies evolve with ever increasing frequency; currently, however, there is no evidence based recommendation possible. If off-label and compassionate use of these drugs is considered, an individual benefit-risk assessment is necessary, since serious side effects have been reported. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32274773 PMCID: PMC7295266 DOI: 10.1055/a-1146-8674
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther ISSN: 0939-2661 Impact factor: 0.698
Tab. 1 Einteilung von Symptomen und Schweregrad bei an COVID-19 Erkrankten (Daten aus 18 ).
| Schweregrad | Symptome |
|---|---|
| leicht (ambulant/Normalstation) | Fieber |
| schwer (IMC = intermediate Care) | Dyspnoe |
| kritisch krank (ITS = Intensivstation) | Lungenversagen |
Abb. 1Zusammenfassung der klinischen Handlungsempfehlungen für COVID-19-Patienten (Daten aus: Alhazzani W, Moller MH, Arabi YM et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (in press). doi:10.1007/s00134-020-06022-5 .).
Abb. 2Therapiealgorithmus für Patienten mit akuter hypoxämischer respiratorischer Insuffizienz als Folge von COVID-19 (Daten aus: Alhazzani W, Moller MH, Arabi YM et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (in press). doi:10.1007/s00134-020-06022-5 ).