COVID-19 Patient with Severe Comorbidity in Multimodal Acute Care Setting with Non-Invasive Medical Ventilation: A Clinical Outcome Report

Tobias Romeyke; Elisabeth Noehammer; Harald Stummer

doi:10.3390/clinpract11010013

Clinics and Practice (Feb 2021)

COVID-19 Patient with Severe Comorbidity in Multimodal Acute Care Setting with Non-Invasive Medical Ventilation: A Clinical Outcome Report

Tobias Romeyke,
Elisabeth Noehammer,
Harald Stummer

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Tobias Romeyke: Institute for Management and Economics in Health Care, UMIT—University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria
Elisabeth Noehammer: Institute for Management and Economics in Health Care, UMIT—University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria
Harald Stummer: Institute for Management and Economics in Health Care, UMIT—University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract11010013
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 81 – 91

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The virus that causes COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe. Elderly patients with multiple pre-existing conditions are at a higher risk. This case study describes acute inpatient treatment of a COVID-19 patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, kidney complications, heart failure, chronic pain, depression, and other comorbidities in an isolation ward without mechanical ventilation.

Published in Clinics and Practice

ISSN: 2039-7283 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/clinpract/

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