To be honest I have not taken this virus very serious to date, after reading an email I received last night I might. I wanted to share a few items from the email but will leave out some of the technical/medical treatment information of patients while in the ER.
A little insight to why I got the email. I work in the healthcare field with a focus on the ER and this physician emailed his colleagues to help them identify positive patients without waiting on the test as he has seen 19 positive patients. One of the biggest reasons for identifying a presenting patient is to not affect the entire ER. This is why you might see tents outside some hospitals as we are seeing patients outside before they get into the ER.
Here are a few highlights:
Clinical course is predictable.
2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.
Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.
Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.
81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical.
Additional insight:
Worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die.
Do not use steroids, it makes this worse. Push out to your urgent cares to stop their usual practice of steroid shots for their URI/bronchitis.
But even with the "lockdown", our AI models are expecting a 200-400% increase in covid 19 patients by 4/4/2020
Again just sharing some insight since it is hard to just trust the news. If anyone in the clinical field is interested in the entire email i would be happy to share, just send me a PM with your email.
stay safe
A little insight to why I got the email. I work in the healthcare field with a focus on the ER and this physician emailed his colleagues to help them identify positive patients without waiting on the test as he has seen 19 positive patients. One of the biggest reasons for identifying a presenting patient is to not affect the entire ER. This is why you might see tents outside some hospitals as we are seeing patients outside before they get into the ER.
Here are a few highlights:
Clinical course is predictable.
2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.
Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.
Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.
81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical.
Additional insight:
Worldwide 86% of covid 19 patients that go on a vent die.
Do not use steroids, it makes this worse. Push out to your urgent cares to stop their usual practice of steroid shots for their URI/bronchitis.
But even with the "lockdown", our AI models are expecting a 200-400% increase in covid 19 patients by 4/4/2020
Again just sharing some insight since it is hard to just trust the news. If anyone in the clinical field is interested in the entire email i would be happy to share, just send me a PM with your email.
stay safe
