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Treatment modalities of home isolated COVID-19 patients in India: Lessons learnt

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Title Treatment modalities of home isolated COVID-19 patients in India: Lessons learnt
 
Creator G, Mangla A
P, Bhardwaj
A, Sharma
J, Taneja
R, Mishra
K, Naidu
D, Saluja
S, Jetly
 
Subject COVID-19 management
COVID-19
Home isolation
Medical practitioners
Treatment modality
 
Description 313-320
This study investigated the treatment modalities that medical practitioners in India followed for home-isolated patients.
The responses via web-based survey from 201 medical practitioners treating more than 11000 COVID-19 patients, fulfilling
the inclusion criteria, were analysed using STATA 11. Furthermore, we have also compared the treatment modalities
followed by doctors in government and private setups. Doctors from both set up recommended protein diets followed by
liquids, fruits and vegetables. Interestingly, 61.1% of government doctors advised COVID-19 treatment based on symptoms
alone without an RT-PCR test, in contrast to private practitioners (38.9%). Around 45% of doctors advised blood
anticoagulants to their patients. Among the various drugs, oral steroids and fabiflu prescriptions were predominantly
preferred by private doctors in comparison to government doctors who preferred giving antibiotics for treatment. The
present study reflects the doctors' zest to contain and cure the COVID-19 disease through their best-understood management
regime guided by experience and laid guidelines to deify the suddenness of this pandemic and uphold human life, yet
retrospectively, usage of drugs still needs to be established in the light of science through trials and evidence.
 
Date 2024-08-06T05:13:50Z
2024-08-06T05:13:50Z
2024-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64369
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijnpr.v15i2.11504
 
Language en
 
Relation Int. cl. (2021.01)− A61
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.15(2) [June 2024]