Physicians who treat 20 people "Severely worse even with mild illness Treat by groping" Osaka City

20 treatment physicians `` severely worse even with mild illness Treat by groping '' Osaka City, March 22, 17:58

A doctor who has been treating about 20 patients infected with the new coronavirus at a medical institution in Osaka City responded to NHK's interview, and even mildly ill patients may suddenly deteriorate, and there is no clear treatment method He talked about the situation where he was groping for treatment.

Osaka The Osaka Municipal General Medical Center in Miyakojima Ward is a designated medical institution for infectious diseases, treating patients infected with the new coronavirus. I responded.

Dr. Shirano has so far treated about 20 people, of whom about 20% are severely ill and require intensive care units and mechanical ventilation.

Some of the men were in their forties who were able to walk with mild illness at the beginning of their hospitalization, but suddenly became ill after a while and needed a ventilator.

The CT image of the lung at the time of admission of this patient shows only a part of the ground-glass-like shadow indicating that pneumonia has been inflamed. In addition, a shadow called "infiltration shadow" was confirmed near the back, indicating that the inflammation had become severe.

According to Dr. Shirano, he has been groping for treatment without a clear treatment method. According to Dr. Shirano, Kaletra for HIV treatment, Avigan for influenza treatment, and asthma for severely ill patients depending on their condition. He explained that he was taking the treatment, Orbesco.

On the other hand, in the case of mild cases, many people recover only by administering drugs such as dams and antipyretics.

Dr. Shirano says, "The elderly, those with chronic heart and lung disease, those with diabetes and high blood pressure seem to be more seriously ill. Was.

"If the number of infected people increases and the number of seriously ill patients in the designated medical institutions increases, the limits on manpower and facilities will be reached. Many medical institutions will work together to create a system that can evenly handle patients. It's important. "