(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Tonghua's current expert team treats 15 critically ill patients
China News Service, January 26 (Cangyan Sun Boyan) A reporter learned at the 13th press conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Tonghua on the 26th that at present, there are 15 critically ill patients and 17 severe cases in Tonghua. , Of which 1 case is receiving ECMO treatment.
Under the guidance of the National Medical Treatment Expert Group, experts in respiratory, infection, and critical illness are trying their best to treat every patient.
As of 24:00 on January 25, Tonghua City had reported a total of 261 new coronavirus infections, including 202 confirmed cases and 58 asymptomatic infections.
1 case died.
Wang Yongjie, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jilin Provincial People's Hospital, reported the death cases at a press conference.
The patient was 87 years old. She had been in close contact with asymptomatic patients with the new crown before the onset of the disease. The nucleic acid test was positive on January 14 during the isolation process.
Advanced age patients with hypertension and many other basic diseases, after the joint consultation of national and provincial expert groups, a diagnosis and treatment plan is formulated, and treatments such as transnasal high-flow oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilator assisted breathing, and convalescent plasma infusion are given.
Wang Yongjie introduced that the patient’s condition and oxygenation had improved for a while, but due to underlying heart diseases and viral infections, the heart was affected. On January 25, he developed rapid arrhythmia, blood pressure, and respiratory and cardiac arrest. Although he was approved by national and provincial experts The team tried their best to rescue the patient, but the patient's circulatory and respiratory failure could not be reversed and he died clinically.
Wang Yongjie said that most of the patients currently admitted are elderly patients, most of whom have chronic underlying diseases and are prone to develop into severe and critical conditions. The expert group has always paid close attention to the changes in the condition of these severe and critical patients.
Wang Yongjie said that under the guidance of the national medical treatment expert group, the respiratory, infection, and critical illness experts will try their best to treat every patient and will do their best to help them recover as soon as possible and return to normal work and life.
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