Our world is currently fighting with highly infectious and deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 virus which has no specific remedy yet. No study focused on reviewing applied clinical management and treatment protocol of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) by health ministry of different nations till date. Therefore, this study focuses to identify and compare clinical management and treatment protocol guidelines for COVID-19 from 8 South Asian countries. This study will assist the healthcare workers and authorities of different nations by sharing the key information from potential guidelines to treat COVID-19 patients. Necessary information has been collected from the clinical management guidelines for COVID-19 in Health Ministry website of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives. Though clinical management practices vary from country to country, all of these countries are utilizing high flow oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation for critical cases. Moreover, some potential drugs have been suggested for treatment by most of the countries but were not recommended yet as all of them are under clinical trials. Hydroxychloroquine has been suggested by most of these countries. All the countries are developing and updating their guidelines for clinical management of COVID-19 patients. It is worth mentioning that the recovery rate of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives is 63.52%, 76.24%, 94.88%, 94.47%, 83.65%, 71.5%, 71.14%, and 83.83% respectively. The oxygen therapy and empirical antibiotic for preventing secondary infection have been used commonly in most of these countries as an effective treatment.
Keywords: Guideline; drugs; vaccine; treatment; management
Dünyamız halen henüz özel bir ilacı bulunmayan, oldukça enfeksiyöz ve öldürücü olan ağır akut solunum sendromkoronavirüs-2 virüsü ile savaşmaktadır. Bugüne kadar koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 (COVID-19) için faklı ulusların sağlık bakanlıklarının uyguladığı klinik yönetim ve tedavi protokollerinin gözden geçirilmesine odaklanan herhangi bir çalışma yapılmamıştır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada 8 Güney Asya ülkesinin klinik yönetim ve tedavi protokolleri rehberlerini tanımaya ve karşılaştırmaya odaklanılmıştır. Bu çalışma COVID-19 hastalarının tedavisi için kılavuzlardaki anahtar noktaları paylaşmak suretiyle farklı ulusların sağlık çalışanlarına ve otoritelerine yardımcı olacaktır. Gerekli bilgiler Hindistan, Bangladeş, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afganistan, Nepal, Bhutan ve Maldivler'in sağlık bakanlığı web sitelerinde COVID-19 için klinik yönetim kılavuzlarından toplanmıştır. Klinik yönetim uygulamaları ülkeden ülkeye değişmekle birlikte bu ülkelerin hepsinde kritik olgularda yüksek akımlı oksijen tedavisi ve mekanik ventilasyon kullanılmaktadır. Dahası, çoğu ülkede tedavi için bazı potansiyel ilaçlar öne sürülmüştür fakat henüz önerilmemiştir çünkü hepsinin klinik çalışmaları sürmektedir. Bu ülkelerin çoğunda hidroksiklorokin önerilmiştir. Tüm ülkeler COVID-19'un klinik yönetimi için rehberlerini geliştirmekte ve güncellemektedir. Bangladeş, Hindistan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afganistan, Nepal, Bhutan ve Maldivler'de iyileşme oranlarının sırasıyla %63,52, %76,24, %94,88, %94,47, %83,65, %71,5, %71,14 ve %83,83 olduğunu söylemeliyiz. Bu ülkelerin çoğunda etkili bir tedavi olarak oksijen tedavisi ve sekonder enfeksiyonların önlenmesi için ampirik antibiyotik tedavisi yaygın olarak kullanılmıştır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Rehber; ilaçlar; aşı; tedavi; yönetim
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