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Treatment of COVID-19: old tricks for new challenges

Authors: Anne Catherine Cunningham, Hui Poh Goh, David Koh

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which appeared in December 2019, presents a global challenge, particularly in the rapid increase of critically ill patients with pneumonia and absence of definitive treatment. To date, over 81,000 cases have been confirmed, with over 2700 deaths. The mortality appears to be around 2%; early published data indicate 25.9% with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia required ICU admission and 20.1% developed acute respiratory distress syndrome [1]. …

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Title: Treatment of COVID-19: old tricks for new challenges
Authors: Anne Catherine Cunningham
Hui Poh Goh
David Koh
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2818-6

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