Khon Kaen found the 11th case of COVID-19 suffering severe symptoms and needed a breathing machine.
At 11:30 am on January 31 at the meeting room, floor 2, the Provincial Health Office of Khon Kaen Dr. Somchai Chotipiyawat, Vajira Hospital, Khon Kaen Province, along with Assoc. Honor Director of Srinagarind Hospital Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University and Dr. Nataya Mills, Director of Khon Kaen Hospital Jointly press conference afterA person infected with the COVID-19 virus was found. New cases of the province, the 11th case is a 57-year-old male, Maha Sarakham Province Currently receiving treatment at Srinakarin Hospital Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University
Somchai Chotipiyawat Vela, a health doctor in Khon Kaen province, said the patient was a 57-year-old man from Mahasarakham province driving a private car with his wife. To be examined at one of the private hospitals of Khon Kaen province at 5:00 pm on 27 January the past With dizziness and fever, doctors performed a screening test to find that the lungs were infected Therefore coordinated Srinagarind Hospital To send the patient to further treatment with a breathing tube and ventilator because the lungs have spread from white to left lung.
“At this time, my symptoms improved respectively and were in close supervision of doctors at Srinakarin Hospital. As for the personnel of private hospitals that accept patients for treatment in that hospital. Six low-risk personnel have now entered the process of self-observation and reporting to the team every day. At the same time, Keine still has eight high-risk personnel, whose hospital has issued a 14-day quarantine order and all samples have been collected. According to the highest preventive and surveillance measures “
Dr. Somchai Chot added that For confirmed patients infected with COVID-19 of Maha Sarakham Province who have timeline of contact with Khon Kaen people At present, our disease investigation team has coordinated information with the Maha Sarakham Province Public Health. Ready to send the fast-moving team to screen all those at risk, consisting of 6 Ban Phai District, Phon District 1, Muang Khon Kaen District 1 and Chum Phae District 6 All test results are negative. However, it has to go into a quarantine process under strict measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Will send a team of investigating disease and moving quickly, will travel to perform duties to assist in Samut Sakhon on February 5 and February 11, will send another 3 teams to help at Samutsakhon Hospital. In which the province has organized a disease investigation team And moving fast for the event requested Will be ready to work immediately
While Assoc. Prof. Songsak Honor Director of Srinagarind Hospital said In Khon Kaen’s 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection. Have underlying diseases such as gout and high blood pressure The patient gave information to the medical team that they had fever for about 8 days and was admitted to the hospital in Maha Sarakham Province. But the symptoms did not improve Before being examined at a private hospital and found that the lungs were infected
”Then Srinakarin Hospital was coordinated and accepted the patient in the evening of Jan. 29, initially found that the patient had a fever. Have a relatively low amount of oxygen in the blood A little rapid breathing From the preliminary examination of the lung x-ray, it was found that there was an infectious lesion in the right lung area. In which the treated physician assesses the need for a breathing tube And ventilator from the start Which the amount of oxygen in the blood began to improve accordingly And giving medicine to cure from the start At this time, the symptoms of the patient who entered the third day showed that the fever began to subside. Can reduce the use of oxygen And in the past morning began to feed the patient through medicine. Reduce muscle relaxants that help support breathing. Which the patient began to feel better after reducing the drug But there is an additional problem that the patient has complications. “
Assoc. Prof. Songsak Added that At this time, the patient’s symptoms started to stabilize, the fever decreased. The doctor gave two antiviral drugs at the same time. Which the response of the patients tended to improve, respectively And tomorrow it will start to reduce oxygen And reduced the ventilator to a minimum Which will be assessed on a daily basis In which the results of the x-ray of the lungs The symptoms of the disease progress quickly. It was found on the first day that it was a few spots on the right lung area. It spreads to the top of the lungs as quickly as possible. And spread to the left lung The medical team who administered the treatment after the anti-drug found that the infection was controlled quite well and the treatment was planned. In addition to taking care of this patient The hospital will increase screening measures for patients with history from the highest control areas, which must strictly follow the instructions of the hospital staff. The hospital has set up a specific facility and provides information to staff through video calling system.
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