Exposure risk of patients with chronic infectious wounds during the COVID-19 outbreak and its countermeasures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large number of cases of pneumonia caused by novel β-coronavirus emerged in Hubei Province, China, at the end of 2019 and demonstrated great potential for transmission. At present, known independent risk factors include age, diabetes, and other chronic diseases, which may be similar to the patients with chronic wound; thus, we try to explore the clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and management recommendation of patients with chronic infective wounds during the COVID-19 epidemic period.

Methods

In this single-center, retrospective observational study, we included all cases with chronic infective wounds that came to our hospital between the full outbreak of the COVID-19 in China (January 23, 2020) and the latest date prior to posting (20 April 2020). D

SUBMITTER: Zhou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530861 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature