COVID-19: The Essentials of Prevention and Treatment elaborates on the ethology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, treatment principles, rehabilitation and prevention, and prevention and control measures for COVID-19. Aimed at healthcare workers, and written to be a practical guide, six chapters cover the following aspects of COVID-19: respiratory viruses; pathogenesis; case definitions and diagnosis; treatment; prevention and disease control; and prospects for the management and research of respiratory virus infections. This book gives first-hand information on the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.COVID-19 was recognized as a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization. It is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Physicians working in China, particularly where the outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, have built up knowledge of prevention and control measures, and diagnosis and treatment of this disease. These insights are now globally relevant. The authors of this book are senior physicians specializing in respiratory diseases, pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and are all clinical and scientific research experts working in China, with particular experience in Wuhan.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Author information - p. page_vii 6. Prologue - p. page_ix 7. Chapter 1: Respiratory virus and COVID-19 - p. page_1 8. Chapter 2: Pathogenesis of COVID-19 - p. page_7 9. Chapter 3: Clinical features of COVID-19 - p. page_13 10. Chapter 4: Diagnosis of COVID-19 - p. page_41 11. Chapter 5: Treatment of COVID-19 - p. page_55 12. Chapter 6: Prevention and disease control of COVID-19 - p. page_75 13. Chapter 7: Better understanding and control of new coronavirus infection - p. page_89 14. Index - p. page_99
COVID-19: The Essentials of Prevention and Treatment elaborates on the ethology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, treatment principles, rehabilitation and prevention, and prevention and control measures for COVID-19. Aimed at healthcare workers, and written to be a practical guide, six chapters cover the following aspects of COVID-19: respiratory viruses; pathogenesis; case definitions and diagnosis; treatment; prevention and disease control; and prospects for the management and research of respiratory virus infections. This book gives first-hand information on the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.COVID-19 was recognized as a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization. It is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Physicians working in China, particularly where the outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, have built up knowledge of prevention and control measures, and diagnosis and treatment of this disease. These insights are now globally relevant. The authors of this book are senior physicians specializing in respiratory diseases, pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and are all clinical and scientific research experts working in China, with particular experience in Wuhan.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Author information - p. page_vii 6. Prologue - p. page_ix 7. Chapter 1: Respiratory virus and COVID-19 - p. page_1 8. Chapter 2: Pathogenesis of COVID-19 - p. page_7 9. Chapter 3: Clinical features of COVID-19 - p. page_13 10. Chapter 4: Diagnosis of COVID-19 - p. page_41 11. Chapter 5: Treatment of COVID-19 - p. page_55 12. Chapter 6: Prevention and disease control of COVID-19 - p. page_75 13. Chapter 7: Better understanding and control of new coronavirus infection - p. page_89 14. Index - p. page_99
