Open AccessChronic Pulmonary Diseases and COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ebru Çakır Edis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2020.20091
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , pandemic , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , coronavirus , disease , pulmonary disease , asthma , chronic bronchitis , respiratory disease , lung disease , obstructive lung disease , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Over the past few months, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has assumed the character of a pandemic, leading to significant global mortality mostly because of COVID-19-related pneumonia. Pneumonia is likely to progress more severely in patients with underlying chronic lung disease. The purpose of this review is to discuss the management strategies in patients with chronic lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pleural diseases, and obstructive sleep apnea during the COVID-19 pandemic, with current literatures and international guidelines.