Brief review of coronavirus for healthcare professionals February 10, 2020

Brief review of coronavirus for healthcare professionals February 10, 2020

Robbins RA, Klotz SA

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. The epidemic of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) near Wuhan City and the surrounding Hubei Province in China has received extensive news coverage. Some have predicted the virus will cause a worldwide pandemic (1). The CDC has an extensive website discussing over numerous pages whom to suspect, how to diagnose and how to treat 2019-nCoV. 2019-nCoV represents the most recent of the severe coronaviral infections. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) are also caused by coronaviruses that have jumped from animals to humans like 2019-nCoV. It should be remembered that there are only 12 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in the US and the mortality rate appears to be only about 3% which is lower than SARS or MERS (2,3). This could be offset by a greater infectiousness of 2019-nCoV resulting in more aggregate infectious, and hence, deaths. Anyone with a fever who has recently visited the epidemic area …

2020

diagnosis, treatment, China, Mortality, symptoms, coronavirus, Wuhan, Hubei, 2019ncov

DOI: 10.13175/swjpcc011-20

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Arizona Thoracic Society

Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, General works