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※- Avigan Is the best choice for Covid-19 ２０２０年０４月２９日
April 29, 2020
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The current drug at hospitals designated for infectious diseases. Which medicine is working ... Medical frontline report talks with Sapporo City Hospital Director.
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Hokkaido 28 New Corona Patients Treated by Sapporo City Hospital Director
3/26 (Thu)
Municipal Sapporo Hospital accepted the first new coronavirus patient in Hokkaido in January. At present, 10 infected people are hospitalized, but the hospital director responded to Hokkaido TV's sole interview.
Dr.Masaya Mukai said, Sapporo City Sapporo Hospital "Doctors with infectious diseases are working around the clock, almost a month and a half and almost two months, but the burden is quite heavy."
It is the largest infectious disease designated medical institution in Hokkaido and has so far accepted 28 patients.
Dr. Mukai: "(After onset) it deteriorates rapidly in about a week. It is not a dark shadow like bacterial pneumonia, but a bright shadow mainly on the pleura outside the lung. Bilateral (both lungs). Oxygen is not absorbed, making breathing very difficult."
In the absence of established treatment, Sapporo Municipal Hospital administers drugs used for other infectious diseases, such as the anti-influenza drug Avigan, the asthma drug Orvesco, and the anti-HIV drug Kaletra. doing.
Dr,Mukai: "Avigan, an anti-influenza drug, is often effective. Orbesco's inhaled drug is used in mild cases. It is used out of insurance, so we use it with the consent of the patient."
In March, a man in his 70s died. He has been transferred to a hospital with severe respiratory failure, but administering Orvesco or Kaletra did not improve his symptoms.
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Dr.Mukai says that drastic measures are needed to prevent the spread of infection in Hokkaido.
Dr. Mukai: "If people from other (outside Hokkaido) are isolated for two weeks, or if we can do that, we can have a great deal of control over the infection in Hokkaido. We hope that we will be able to reach a considerable convergence."
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