Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine in Treatment of Critical Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Patient with Endotracheal Intubation: A Case Report

• 作者: YAO Shun-yu LEI Chao-qi LIAO Xiang LIU Ru-xiu CHANG Xing LIU Zhi-ming
• 来源期刊: 中国结合医学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 所属期刊栏目: Case Report
• 页码范围: 300-303
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11655-020-3323-0

摘要

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).(1) The disease has spread globally, resulting in the coronavirus pandemic.(2,3) Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.Muscle pain, sputum production and sore throat are less common.(4,5) While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms,(6,7) some progress to severe or critical pneumonia and multiorgan failure.Worldwide, there is a high mortality rate in severe or critical patients of COVID-19.(8,9)Here we report a critical case of COVID-19 patient with endotracheal intubation successfully treated with integrated Chinese and Westem medicine (ICWM).