A recommended management plan for coronavirus disease 2019–positive geriatric patients based in South African old age homes

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on elderly patients, and thus, adequate treatment plans are essential. This qualitative report provides recommendations for the supportive care and treatment of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) with COVID-19. A t...

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Autor principal: Eleftheriades, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Open Forum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33567833
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5222
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spelling pubmed-83781572021-09-03 A recommended management plan for coronavirus disease 2019–positive geriatric patients based in South African old age homes Eleftheriades, Christina S Afr Fam Pract (2004) Open Forum The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on elderly patients, and thus, adequate treatment plans are essential. This qualitative report provides recommendations for the supportive care and treatment of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) with COVID-19. A treatment protocol was developed in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 in an LTCF based in Johannesburg and was implemented over a 3-month period. AOSIS 2021-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8378157/ /pubmed/33567833 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5222 Text en © 2021. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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title A recommended management plan for coronavirus disease 2019–positive geriatric patients based in South African old age homes
title_full A recommended management plan for coronavirus disease 2019–positive geriatric patients based in South African old age homes
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title_short A recommended management plan for coronavirus disease 2019–positive geriatric patients based in South African old age homes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378157/
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