(People’s Daily Health Client Lu Yang) There are 16 critically ill patients in Shanghai, how is it now? On April 17, at a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Shanghai, Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, introduced that among the 16 severe cases, the youngest is 33 years old, and the others are elderly people over 70 years old. people. Of these 16 cases, only one was vaccinated throughout the course, and the rest were not vaccinated against COVID-19.
This 33-year-old patient suffers from severe autoimmune disease, and the autoimmune function declines significantly. At the same time, due to poor kidney function, hemodialysis is required to maintain. When the patient was admitted to the hospital, it was shown that the lung lesions were extensive and accompanied by pericardial effusion. After active antiviral symptomatic support, combined with traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the patient’s lung imaging has improved, and the related underlying diseases are still being actively treated.
Other elderly critically ill patients have serious underlying diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, malignant tumors, pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. At present, in accordance with the principle of “one person, one plan”, the rescue force is increased, and multidisciplinary expert consultation is carried out. According to the characteristics of severe patients with serious underlying diseases, while actively treating new coronary pneumonia, ventilator-assisted ventilation, extracorporeal membrane lung (ECMO) ), antiviral, anti-infective, symptomatic nutritional support and other treatments.