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The World Health Organization has published new recommendations for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. One of them concerns the use of pulse oximeters in people who do not require hospitalization and are at home. What else is included in the WHO guidelines?

  1. This week, new World Health Organization guidelines for people infected with the coronavirus appeared
  2. If you are at home, you should use pulse oximeters to measure your blood oxygen saturation
  3. The WHO also recommends the use of lower doses of anticoagulants
  4. For more up-to-date information on the coronavirus, please visit the TvoiLokony home page

COVID-19 treatment – new WHO recommendations

The World Health Organization has published new recommendations on how to deal with patients diagnosed with COVID-19. In total, there are five new guidelines, the most important of which are:

  1. recommendation of the use of pulse oximeters in patients with COVID-19 who are not hospitalized with appropriate education in the use of
  2. Recommend awake prone positioning in patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms who are hospitalized and require supplemental oxygen or non-invasive ventilation
  3. recommendation to use lower doses of anticoagulants in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 in antithrombotic prevention. “Higher doses can lead to other health problems,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris explained.
Pulse Oximeter

A pulse oximeter is an electronic device used for the non-invasive measurement of blood saturation. You can buy it at Medonet Market

The other two WHO recommendations concern patient preferences and local rules when healthcare professionals make decisions about treatment and admission to hospitals, and use existing care packages and adapt them to local conditions.

Coronavirus – how many cases of COVID-19 in Poland and in the world?

By January 29, 1 cases of coronavirus had been detected in Poland, and 502 patients had arrived last day. Currently, 810 people are infected, 6144 people have recovered, 208 people have died.

Due to COVID-19, 13 people are currently in hospitals, 726 of whom require the use of a respirator. Almost 1400 are quarantined. people.

Worldwide, there were a total of 102 cases, currently 133 people are ill. 294 people died, most in the United States, over 25.

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