COVID-19 Clinical Case Management (English version‪)‬ TICA's Knowledge Bank on Covid-19

Narumol Sawanpanyalert, M.D. Chief of Medical Emergency Response Unit, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Synopsis: This talk touches upon clinical case management of COVID-19 in Thailand. How Ministry of Public Health of Thailand designs Clinical Practice Guideline or CPG to be commonly used in the country. Dr. Narumol Sawanpanyalert, who is the Chief of Medical Emergency Response Unit, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, introduces us to the updated CPG of Thailand, which have been modified effectively through time in order to keep up with the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. The use of the combination of medicines in the CPG is mentioned, especially the use of Favipiravir that seems to be the successful remedy to cure COVID-19 patients in Thailand.  

For the mentioned Youtube video, “The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do” by the German animation studio and popular YouTube channel, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, please click on the link below. The video is published to give us a visual explanation of COVID-19 and is made possible for viewing through the courtesy of kurzgesagt.org.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-g...