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COVID-19

For COVID-19 frequently asked outpatient questions, click here.
For COVID-19 frequently asked inpatient questions, click here.
For COVID-19 patient information, click here.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabawoon Mirwais, M.B.B.S, M.D.[2], Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [3] COVID-19 Project Team

Synonyms and keywords: Novel coronavirus, covid-19, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Wuhan coronavirus

Prognosis can be made with findings on admission using https://rsconnect.biostat.jhsph.edu/covid_predict/ .[1]

Cardiovascular Complications

Dermatologic Complications

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Complications

  • COVID-19-associated digestive symptoms

Hematologic Complications

Infectious Disease Complications

Nephrologic Complications

Neurologic Complications

  • COVID-19-associated CNS manifestations
  • COVID-19-associated PNS manifestations

Psychiatric Complications

Pulmonary Complications

Endocrine Complications

Pediatric Complications

Long COVID syndrome

Diagnosis

Diagnostic study of choice | History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | X-Ray Findings | Echocardiography and Ultrasound | CT-Scan Findings | MRI Findings | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

The Cochrane Collaboration has reviewed both the History and Symptoms | Physical Examination[2].

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Non-medical Therapy | Interventions | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

Case Studies

Case #1

Emerging evidence and knowledge

References

  1. Garibaldi, Brian T.; Fiksel, Jacob; Muschelli, John; Robinson, Matthew L.; Rouhizadeh, Masoud; Perin, Jamie; Schumock, Grant; Nagy, Paul; Gray, Josh H.; Malapati, Harsha; Ghobadi-Krueger, Mariam; Niessen, Timothy M.; Kim, Bo Soo; Hill, Peter M.; Ahmed, M. Shafeeq; Dobkin, Eric D.; Blanding, Renee; Abele, Jennifer; Woods, Bonnie; Harkness, Kenneth; Thiemann, David R.; Bowring, Mary G.; Shah, Aalok B.; Wang, Mei-Cheng; Bandeen-Roche, Karen; Rosen, Antony; Zeger, Scott L.; Gupta, Amita (2020). “Patient Trajectories Among Persons Hospitalized for COVID-19”. Annals of Internal Medicine. doi:10.7326/M20-3905. ISSN 0003-4819.
  2. Struyf T, Deeks JJ, Dinnes J, Takwoingi Y, Davenport C, Leeflang MM; et al. (2021). “Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID-19”. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2: CD013665. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013665.pub2. PMID 33620086 Check |pmid= value (help).

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