Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a worldwide pandemic and affected more than 227 countries or territories, resulting in more than 179 million cases with over 3.890.00 deaths, as o...
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doaj-da757fc6bce34c658d3f72f464971abe2021-08-26T13:57:43ZengMDPI AGJournal of Personalized Medicine2075-44262021-07-011170970910.3390/jpm11080709Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek ExperienceAdamantia Liapikou0Eleni Tzortzaki1Georgios Hillas2Miltiadis Markatos3Ilias C. Papanikolaou4Konstantinos Kostikas56th Respiratory Department, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceRespiratory Outpatient Clinic, Heraklion, 71305 Crete, Greece5th Respiratory Department, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceRespiratory Outpatient Clinic, Heraklion, 71305 Crete, GreecePulmonary Department, Sarcoidosis Clinic, General Hospital of Corfu, 49100 Corfu, GreeceRespiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, GreeceNovel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a worldwide pandemic and affected more than 227 countries or territories, resulting in more than 179 million cases with over 3.890.00 deaths, as of June 25, 2021. The Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic released a guidance document for the management of patients with COVID-19 in the community and in hospital setting. In this review, with guidance the HTS document, we are discussing the outpatient management of COVID-19 patients, including the preventive measures, the patients’ isolation and quarantine criteria of close contacts, the severity and risk stratification, including the decisions for advanced hospitalization, and the disease management at home in patients with mild disease and after hospital discharge for those with more severe disease.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/11/8/709COVID-19outpatientmanagementGreekproposal |
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Adamantia Liapikou Eleni Tzortzaki Georgios Hillas Miltiadis Markatos Ilias C. Papanikolaou Konstantinos Kostikas Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience Journal of Personalized Medicine COVID-19 outpatient management Greek proposal |
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Adamantia Liapikou Eleni Tzortzaki Georgios Hillas Miltiadis Markatos Ilias C. Papanikolaou Konstantinos Kostikas |
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Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience |
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Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience |
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Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience |
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Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience |
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Outpatient Management of COVID-19 Disease: A Holistic Patient-Centered Proposal Based on the Greek Experience |
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outpatient management of covid-19 disease: a holistic patient-centered proposal based on the greek experience |
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Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a worldwide pandemic and affected more than 227 countries or territories, resulting in more than 179 million cases with over 3.890.00 deaths, as of June 25, 2021. The Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic released a guidance document for the management of patients with COVID-19 in the community and in hospital setting. In this review, with guidance the HTS document, we are discussing the outpatient management of COVID-19 patients, including the preventive measures, the patients’ isolation and quarantine criteria of close contacts, the severity and risk stratification, including the decisions for advanced hospitalization, and the disease management at home in patients with mild disease and after hospital discharge for those with more severe disease. |
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