Open AccessPandemic and modern medicine: Time to recognize and correct previous misconceptions
Author(s) -
Igor Klepikov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
discussion of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-8449
pISSN - 2375-8473
DOI - 10.5430/dcc.v8n1p7
Subject(s) - pandemic , etiology , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , medicine , disease , covid-19 , pathogenesis , viral pneumonia , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
A sudden increase in the number of viral pneumonias with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed defects in the provision of medical care for acute pneumonia in the lungs. Localization of the inflammatory process and its functional consequences indicate the identity of all forms of acute pneumonia, regardless of the etiology, and the need to develop treatment principles based on the pathogenesis of the disease.