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Long, Brit; Liang, Stephen Y; Rosenberg, Hans; Hicks, Christopher; Gottlieb, Michael.
  • Long B; Brooke Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
  • Liang SY; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Rosenberg H; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON.
  • Hicks C; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
  • Gottlieb M; Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
CJEM ; 22(5): 591-594, 2020 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-326701
ABSTRACT
A 53-year-old male presents with cough, fever, and myalgias for 7 days. Vitals include temperature, 38.0°C; heart rate, 110; blood pressure, 118/70 mm Hg; respiration rate, 28; and oxygen saturation 83% on room air. His only past medical history is hypertension. Your community is in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The patient is hypoxic but responds to oxygen supplementation with nasal cannula and a face mask. His chest x-ray demonstrates multifocal infiltrates. Are there any therapeutic agents currently available for COVID-19?
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Adenosine Monophosphate / Coronavirus Infections / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Alanine / Drug Therapy Type of study: Case report / Diagnostic study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: CJEM Journal subject: Emergency Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Adenosine Monophosphate / Coronavirus Infections / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Alanine / Drug Therapy Type of study: Case report / Diagnostic study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: CJEM Journal subject: Emergency Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article