Pharmacia (Aug 2021)

COVID-19 as a concomitant diagnosis and the emergencies behind COVID-19 mask – a real challenge that requires a multidisciplinary view of the patient

  • Petar Yordanov Atanasov,
  • Maria Georgieva Moneva-Sakelarieva,
  • Yozlem Ali Kobakova,
  • Stefka Achkova Ivanova,
  • Danka Petrova Obreshkova,
  • Valentina Boyanova Petkova,
  • Maria Vakrilova Becheva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/pharmacia.68.e71287
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 3
pp. 603 – 606

Abstract

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The etiological cause of Coronavirus infection, which has captured the attention of almost the whole world at the moment, is SARS-CoV2. The clinical picture of coronavirus infection varies from asymptomatic to severe respiratory infection with manifestations of respiratory failure, the development of respiratory distress syndrome and even death. Already in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States there was a serious decline in the number of patients seeking medical care in the Emergency Department (49.3%) compared to 2019. There is evidence of increased mortality during the pandemic, which causality cannot be directly or associated with coronavirus infection. Even in the context of a global pandemic, we must not forget all other diagnoses and conditions that exist as comorbidity, and emergency care must be provided without delay and delay.