Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Protecting Hospitals From the Invisible
Open Access
- 5 May 2020
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 172 (9), 619-+
- https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0751
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is optimized to spread widely: Its signs and symptoms are largely indistinguishable from those of other respiratory viruses. This commentary specifically addresses best ways to protect our hospitals against COVID-19.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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