#COVID19 clinical CARE - Confirm, Assess, Respond, Evaluate - tool to support health care workers visualize the current WHO recommendations for the care of patients with COVID-19.Find out more: https://t.co/sscRG6S7mT pic.twitter.com/3sqKmzvlCP Here are the four stages of treatment of COVID patients: Stage 1: The first stage is to confirm the disease through a Rapid or PCR test. Stage 2: Then early clinical assessment needs to be provided as per the symptoms, emergency signs or risk factors.
The patients need to be guided whether they require treatment, clinical referral or admission to hospital care What are risk factors? Risk factors for patients below 60 years: Hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, chronic lung disease, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, mental disorders, chronic kidney disease, immunosuppression (including HIV), obesity, cancer and unvaccinated against COVID-19.
Risk factors in pregnant or recently pregnant women: advanced maternal age (>=35 years), obesity, chronic medical conditions, and pregnancy specific disorders (e.g.
gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia). What are the emergency signs? Emergency signs are obstructed or absent breathing, severe respiratory distress, cyanosis, shock, coma and/or convulsions. Stage 3: The third stage is to respond with appropriate care and treatment based on the severity of disease and risk factors. What is the course of treatment? Mild infection: If the infection is mild, all that is needed are symptom management and monitoring Mild to moderate infection with risk factors: For patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 (non-severe symptoms) but have risk factors for severe disease include medications - sotrovimab or casirivimab and imdevimab S