Open AccessCOVID-19 pandemic: Clinical management protocols for cardiac disease patients at teaching institute in Western Rajasthan
Author(s) -
Surender Deora,
Pankaj Bhardwaj,
Mahendra Kumar Garg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_558_20
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , disease , disease management , intensive care medicine , coronavirus , medical emergency , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , parkinson's disease
The world is facing the new pandemic COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The demography and socio-economic condition are highly varied in different parts of the world. India also has braced itself to fight with this novel threat. Patients with COVID-19 may have primary cardiac involvement or may have associated cardiac disease. Therefore, the institution needs a protocol in managing cardiac patients during this pandemic.