RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Early intervention likely improves mortality in COVID-19 infection
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 248
OP 250
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0214
VO 20
IS 3
A1 Daniel K Goyal
A1 Fatma Mansab
A1 Amir Iqbal
A1 Sohail Bhatti
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/3/248.abstract
AB While some risk factors have been identified, the reasons for the disparities in disease progression with COVID-19 are unclear, with some patients developing progressive and severe disease while in others the course is benign. Given this sense of randomness, and in the absence of a definitive treatment, medical professionals can feel helpless. It is useful to remember how much can be done to affect the trajectory of illness, even without a ‘magic bullet’. With evidence emerging that late presentation is directly associated with increased mortality, we make the case for increased vigilance in the community and earlier intervention.