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Late Breaking Abstract - Multidisciplinary medical team in severe COVID-19 treatment

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Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 is emerging Concomitant comorbidities are major cause of death after SARS-Cov2 infection Multidisciplinary groups involved intervention should be a great potential for better outcomes in… Click to show full abstract

Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 is emerging Concomitant comorbidities are major cause of death after SARS-Cov2 infection Multidisciplinary groups involved intervention should be a great potential for better outcomes in severe COVID-19 Method: A multidisciplinary medical team was allocated from our hospital to assist Wuhan at an emergency According the local policy and guidelines, a centralized ward with severe COVID-19 patients were charged by this team Cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, nutrition and psychology disorders, as well as infection control and rehabilitation were systematically evaluated and treated The data of interventional effect were retrospectively reviewed Results: A total of 90 severe COVID-19 patients were evaluated with high incidence of comorbidities and effectively treated by these comprehensive interventions (Table 1) In the 50 consecutive mission days, most of them survived (n=86, 96%), discharged (n=72, 80%) or transferred into wards where mild cases were treated Only 2 were transferred into critical care Conclusion: The astonishing outcomes achieved by the comprehensive intervention warrant more concerns about multidisciplinary treatment in COVID-19 fight policy

Keywords: team; treatment; medical team; multidisciplinary medical; severe covid; late breaking

Journal Title: European Respiratory Journal
Year Published: 2020

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