Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease : A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a worldwide pandemic and affected more than 227 countries or territories, resulting in more than 179 million cases with over 3.890.00 deaths, as of June 25, 2021. The Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic released a guidance document for the management of patients with COVID-19 in the community and in hospital setting. In this review, with guidance the HTS document, we are discussing the outpatient management of COVID-19 patients, including the preventive measures, the patients' isolation and quarantine criteria of close contacts, the severity and risk stratification, including the decisions for advanced hospitalization, and the disease management at home in patients with mild disease and after hospital discharge for those with more severe disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of personalized medicine - 11(2021), 8 vom: 23. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liapikou, Adamantia [VerfasserIn]
Tzortzaki, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Hillas, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Markatos, Miltiadis [VerfasserIn]
Papanikolaou, Ilias C [VerfasserIn]
Kostikas, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Greek
Journal Article
Management
Outpatient
Proposal
Review

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Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jpm11080709

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329852612