Epidemiological features after emergency declaration in Hokkaido and report of 15 cases of COVID-19 including 3 cases requiring mechanical ventilation

The ongoing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a worldwide crisis. Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan promptly declared a state of emergency following the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases, and the policy became an example to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We herein report 15 cases of COVID-19 i...

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Published inGlobal Health & Medicine Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 112 - 117
Main Authors Edagawa, Shunji, Kobayashi, Fumiko, Kodama, Fumihiro, Takada, Masayuki, Itagaki, Yuki, Kodate, Akira, Bando, Keisuke, Sakurai, Keisuke, Endo, Akio, Sageshima, Hisako, Nagasaka, Atsushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan National Center for Global Health and Medicine 30.04.2020
Subjects
Brief Report
COVID-19
emergency declaration
mechanical ventilation
risk factor
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
mechanical ventilation
risk factor
emergency declaration
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Summary:The ongoing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a worldwide crisis. Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan promptly declared a state of emergency following the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases, and the policy became an example to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We herein report 15 cases of COVID-19 including 3 cases requiring mechanical ventilation. Based on review of our cases, among patients over 50 years of age with underlying diseases such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and those who required oxygen administration tended to deteriorate. These cases highlight the importance of understanding the background and clinical course of severe cases to predict prognosis.
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ISSN:2434-9186
2434-9194
2434-9194
DOI:10.35772/ghm.2020.01024