Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Clinical characteristics and therapeutic procedure for a critical case of novel coronavirus pneumonia treated with glucocorticoids and non-invasive ventilator treatment

  • Juanjuan Zhu,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Mingyu Zhou,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Haiyang Li,
  • Xueke Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0227-2020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53

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Abstract The novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. Here, we report the clinical characteristics and therapeutic procedure for a case of severe NCP. The patient was started on glucocorticoids and non-invasive ventilator treatment. After treatment, the patient’s symptoms improved, and the status was confirmed as NCP negative. Our results may provide clues for the treatment of NCP.

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