Title: | Clinical manifestations and progression of COVID‑19 : a case report from the Maldives |
Authors: | Dey, Rajib Kumar Hilmy, Abdullah Isneen Zaadhee, Ali Jaleel, Zaidhoon Zooshan, Ahmed Ibrahim, Afa Waheed, Azna Waseel, Saifullah Hishma, Mariyam Naseem, Mariyam Mufeed, Mariyam Shahana Mustafa, Mihunath Thaufeeq, Dhunya Nabil, Rania Imad, Hisham Ahmed Yoosuf, Abdul Azeez Nazeem, Ali Latheef, Ali Abdulla |
Keywords: | COVID‑19 Clinical manifestations Clinical progression Maldives |
Issue Date: | Aug-2020 |
Publisher: | The Research Centre, Maldives National University |
Citation: | Dey, R. K., Hilmy A. I., Zaadhee, A., Jaleel, Z., Zooshan, A., Ibrahim, A. … Latheef, A. A. (2020). Clinical manifestations and progression of COVID‑19 : a case report from the Maldives. Maldives National Journal of Research. 8(1), 96-105. |
Abstract: | A cluster of pneumonia was reported from Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019. The causative agent was named as novel coronavirus “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease as COVID‑19. The disease rapidly spread to several countries and WHO declared the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and as a pandemic on 11th March 2020. In the Maldives, the first case of COVID‑19 was detected on the 7th of March. At the time of writing, there are 3103 cases of confirmed COVID‑19 including 15 fatalities. The SARS-CoV-2 causes mild to severe pneumonia complicated by ARDS, sepsis, and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Other manifestations include anosmia, ageusia, fatigue, and rash. In many requiring hospitalization, hypoxemia is a key clinical finding. The clinical manifestations including the clinical progression of COVID‑19 is being described in this report. The case was conservatively managed in a makes-shift hospital, with the utilization of the awake prone positioning which had resulted in better oxygenation and aided in the improvement of hypoxemia. |
URI: | http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/8547 |
ISSN: | 23085959 |
Appears in Collections: | Volume 8, number 1, August 2020
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