Medical work guide for physician during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (trial edition)

Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2020 May 28;45(5):518-524. doi: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2020.200089.
[Article in English, Chinese]

Abstract

According to the fact that many coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients are seeking for medical help due to some other possible clinical symptoms, besides respiratory symptoms, all the internal medicine departments (including emergency department) could be involved. Moreover, an increasing number of physician are going to work in fever clinic, isolation wards and supporting the medical work in Hubei Province in the future. For a better medical work implementation of physician against COVID-19 and the interpretation of this viral transmission, the work guide was drawn up by Hunan Medical Association, Internal Medicine Specialized Committee.

2019冠状病毒病患者除呼吸道症状外还可能以多种肺外症状就诊,涉及到所有内科(含急诊)医生诊疗过程;此外,未来将有更多的内科医生进入发热门诊、隔离病房及驰援湖北医疗工作。为更好地开展2019冠状病毒病内科医师临床诊疗工作,防控病毒传播,湖南省医学会内科学专业委员会组织专家制订本指引(试行),以更好地开展防控工作。.

Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019; internal medicine work guide; severe acute respiratory syndrome cornavirus 2.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Internal Medicine / organization & administration
  • Pandemics
  • Physicians*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • SARS-CoV-2