TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical Care Management of Patients with COVID-19: Early Experience in Thailand
AU - Ratanarat, Ranistha
AU - Sivakorn, Chaisith
AU - Viarasilpa, Tanuwong
AU - Schultz, Marcus J.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Since late December 2019, the world has been challenged with an outbreak of COVID-19. In Thailand, an upper middle-income country with a limited healthcare infrastructure and restricted human resources, nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported as of early May 2020. Public health policies aimed at preventing new COVID-19 cases were very effective in halting the pandemic in Thailand. Case fatality in Thailand has been low (1.7%), at least in part due to early stratification according to risk of disease severity and timely initiation of supportive care with affordable measures. We present our initial experience with COVID-19 in Thailand, focusing on several aspects that may have played a crucial role in curtailment of the pandemic, and elements of care for severely ill COVID-19 patients, including stratification, isolation, and affordable diagnostic approaches and supportive care measures. We also discuss local considerations concerning some proposed experimental treatments.
AB - Since late December 2019, the world has been challenged with an outbreak of COVID-19. In Thailand, an upper middle-income country with a limited healthcare infrastructure and restricted human resources, nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported as of early May 2020. Public health policies aimed at preventing new COVID-19 cases were very effective in halting the pandemic in Thailand. Case fatality in Thailand has been low (1.7%), at least in part due to early stratification according to risk of disease severity and timely initiation of supportive care with affordable measures. We present our initial experience with COVID-19 in Thailand, focusing on several aspects that may have played a crucial role in curtailment of the pandemic, and elements of care for severely ill COVID-19 patients, including stratification, isolation, and affordable diagnostic approaches and supportive care measures. We also discuss local considerations concerning some proposed experimental treatments.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088206040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0442
DO - https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0442
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32431287
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 48
EP - 54
JO - American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
JF - American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
IS - 1
ER -