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WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients

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epa08417017 A doctor intubates a patient during a demonstration of the use of professional protection chambers for intubation, which will reduce the risk of contamination by the new coronavirus (covid-19) and other infectious agents during these procedures that take place both in the operating rooms and in the Intensive Care Units at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, 12 May 2020. The material is an offer from the 'Everyone you care for' movement, which was born to deliver material that is crucial to the safety and quality of care provided to the Portuguese during the covid-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh clinical advice on Tuesday for treating COVID-19 patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it advised using low-dose anti-coagulants to prevent blood clots.

“The other things in the guidance that are new are that COVID-19 patients at home should have the use of pulse oximetry, that’s measuring the oxygen levels, so you can identify whether somewhat at home is deteriorating and would be better off having hospital care,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.

The WHO advised clinicians to put patients into the awake prone position, on their front, shown to improve the oxygen flow, she said.

“Also we recommend, we suggest the use, of low-dose anti-coagulents to prevent blood clots forming in blood vessels. We suggest the use of lower doses rather than higher doses because higher doses may lead to other problems,” Harris said.

via Reuters

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