TANAFFOS (Respiration)

TANAFFOS (Respiration)

NRITLD Protocol for the Management of Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to Hospitals

Document Type : Review Article

Authors
Majid Marjani 1
Payam Tabarsi 1
Afshin Moniri 1
Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian 1
Seyed Alireza Nadji 2
Zahra Abtahian 1
Majid Malekmohammad 3
Arda Kiani 3
Behrooz Farzanegan 3
Alireza Eslaminejad 3
Atefeh Fakharian 4
Jalal Heshmatnia 1
Atefeh Abedini 4
Sharareh Seifi 4
Fatemeh Yassari 4
Maryam Sadat Mirenayat 4
Mitra Rezaei 2
Hakimeh Sheikhzade 1
Zargham Hossein Ahmadi 5
Farzaneh Dastan 4
Mohsen Sadeghi 4
Somayeh Lookzadeh 4
Mihan Porabdollah 4
Elham Askari 4
Parvaneh Baghaei 1
Babak Mansourafshar 1
Alireza Jahangirifard 5
Maryam Vasheghani 4
Mojtaba Mokhber Dezfuli 5
Mohammad Varahram 6
Hamidreza Jamaati 4
Davood Mansouri 1, 7
Alireza Zali 8
Ali Akbar Velayati 1
1 Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
2 Virology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
3 Tracheal Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
4 Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
5 Lung Transplant Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
6 Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
7 Department of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
8 Research Center for Neurosurgery and Functional Nerves, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
In December 2019, the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was reported from China. An emerging infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, namely severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a global health problem and pandemic (1).
By 28 May 2020, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 5,701,337, with 357,688 reported deaths worldwide (2). Iran reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the 19 February 2020 in Qom, Qom Province (3), and by 29 May 2020, a total of 143,849 confirmed cases and 7627 deaths were reported (2).
TANAFFOS (Respiration)
Volume 19, Issue 2
Spring 2020
Pages 91-99