Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infection | NLM

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Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infection

02/12/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 2/12/2020. This interim guidance is for clinicians caring for patients with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/COVID-19) infection. This update includes additional information regarding time from illness onset to hospital admission, and detection of 2019-nCoV in extrapulmonary specimens. It clarifies the type of advanced support observed among hospitalized patients, and provides interim guidance for discontinuation of transmission-based precautions and in-home isolation. (Text)