Organ function support in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: Tongji experience

• DOI: 10.1007/s11684-020-0774-9
• Publication Date: 2020-05-14T04:05:26Z
• Authors: Yong Li; Fan He; Ning Zhou; Jia Wei; Zeyang Ding; Luyun Wang; Peng Chen; Shuiming Guo; Binhao Zhang; Xiaoning Wan; Wei Zhu
• Keywords: Organ dysfunction; Supportive psychotherapy

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious and serious threat to human health. COVID-19 can cause multiple organ dysfunction, such as respiratory circulatory failure, liver kidney injury, disseminated intravascular coagulation, thromboembolism, even death. The World Health Organization reports that the mortality rate of severe-type over 50%. Currently, number severe cases worldwide has increased rapidly, but experience in treatment infected patients still limited. Given lack specific antiviral drugs, multi-organ function support important for with COVID-19. To improve cure reduce severe- critical-type COVID-19, this paper summarizes Optical Valley Branch Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China. This systematically procedures functional therapies organs systems, including respiratory, circulatory, renal, hepatic, hematological among provides clinical reference new strategy optimal worldwide.