COVID-19 Patient with Severe Comorbidity in Multimodal Acute Care Setting with Non-Invasive Medical Ventilation: A Clinical Outcome Report

Tobias Romeyke; Elisabeth Noehammer; Harald Stummer

doi:10.3390/clinpract11010013

COVID-19 Patient with Severe Comorbidity in Multimodal Acute Care Setting with Non-Invasive Medical Ventilation: A Clinical Outcome Report

Clin Pract. 2021 Feb 3;11(1):81-91. doi: 10.3390/clinpract11010013.

Authors

Tobias Romeyke^{1

2}, Elisabeth Noehammer¹, Harald Stummer¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Management and Economics in Health Care, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria.
² Waldhausklinik, Acute Hospital for Internal Medicine, Pain Therapy, Complementary and Individualized Patient Centred Medicine, 86391 Deuringen, Germany.

Abstract

The virus that causes COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe. Elderly patients with multiple pre-existing conditions are at a higher risk. This case study describes acute inpatient treatment of a COVID-19 patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, kidney complications, heart failure, chronic pain, depression, and other comorbidities in an isolation ward without mechanical ventilation.

Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; SARS-CoV-2; chronic disease; chronic heart disease; comorbidity; diabetes; holistic care; non-invasive medical ventilation; pain.

Publication types

Case Reports