COVID-19 Clinical management : living guidance 25 January 2021
/ World Health Organization
- [Geneva] : World Health Organization ; 2020
- 81 p.
1. Background 2. Methods 3. The latest evidence 4. Who the recommendations apply to 5. COVID-19 care pathway (see Annex 1) 6. Screening, triage and clinical assessment: early recognition of patients with COVID-19 7. Immediate implementation of appropriate infection prevention and control measures 8. Laboratory diagnosis 9. Management of mild COVID-19: symptomatic treatment 10. Management of moderate COVID-19: pneumonia treatment 11. Management of severe COVID-19: severe pneumonia treatment . 12. Management of critical COVID-19: acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) 13. Management of critical COVID-19: septic shock 14. Prevention of complications in hospitalized and critically ill patients with COVID-19 15. Therapeutics and COVID-19. 16. Treatment of other acute and chronic infections in patients with COVID-19. 17. Management of neurological and mental manifestations associated with COVID-19 18. Noncommunicable diseases and COVID-19 19. Rehabilitation for patients with COVID-19 20. Caring for women with COVID-19 during and after pregnancy 21. Feeding and caring for infants and young children of mothers with COVID-19 22. Caring for older people with COVID-19 23. Palliative care and COVID-19 24. Care of COVID-19 patients after acute illness (new chapter) 25. Ethical principles for optimum care during the COVID-19 pandemic 26. Reporting and coding during the COVID-19 pandemic (mortality and morbidity) 27. Clinical research during the COVID-19 pandemic . Annex 1: COVID-19 care pathway Annex 2: Resources for supporting clinical management of COVID-19