Just the facts: What drugs are safe and effective for COVID-19

Abstract

A 53-year-old male presents with cough, fever, and myalgias for 7 days. Vitals include temperature, 38.0C; heart rate,110; blood pressure, 118/70mm Hg; respiration rate, 28; and oxygen saturation 83% on room air. His only past medical history is hypertension. Your community is in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The patient is hypoxic but responds to oxygen supplementation with nasal cannula and a face mask. His chest x-ray demonstrates multifocal infiltrates. Are there any therapeutic agents currently available for COVID-19?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2020
Accession Number
AD1105939

Entities

People

  • Brit Long
  • Christopher Hicks
  • Hans Rosenberg
  • Michael Gottlieb
  • Stephen Y Liang

Organizations

  • University of Washington School of Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Covid-19
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Hygiene
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Interferon
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mers-Cov
  • Sars
  • Therapy
  • Viral Load
  • Virus Diseases
  • Viruses
  • Zoonoses

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
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