It can cause a myriad of symptoms; however, this all depends on the hospital system.
Personally at mine a few things are required to empirically claim COVID without a test (meaning you have enough symptoms to say its COVID).
These things include: Fever, respiratory compromise, w/ severely elevated LFTs and/or elevated renal labs. There are incredibly few other things that will cause this symptom profile, so when we see a febrile patient with low oxygen sat, and liver/renal failure we understandably are freaking the fuck out and isolate them ASAP.
Could also be: Fever, or other flu-like symptoms + known contact with a proven COVID case.
If all we see are symptoms of a cold, we're going to call it a cold and treat accordingly.
Covid-19 is not a flu virus. it's a cold virus.
I never said it was a flu virus, I was giving an example of a more well known virus to explain why we will code for COVID even without a positive test.
This is done all the time in medicine.
I appreciate the links explaining these things, but I am training in this field.
Sometimes in our line of work it is not beneficial financially to the patient if a test isn't going to change your course of treatment for them.
IE: If it looks, smells, sounds like a flu, treat it like a flu. Don't bother with a test.
IE meaning "for example". Though I guess being very technical from a latin standpoint IE is used to clarified, EG is used for an example, but I've seen it used interchangeably so much I figured doesn't matter.
I'm finding it really hard that you straight up did not realize I was giving an example.
I wouldn't jump so fast to think this is always used to pump up numbers.
Sometimes in our line of work it is not beneficial financially to the patient if a test isn't going to change your course of treatment for them.
IE: If it looks, smells, sounds like a flu, treat it like a flu. Don't bother with a test.
Yep, common cold. RUSH WAS RIGHT EARLY ON!!!!
It can cause a myriad of symptoms; however, this all depends on the hospital system.
Personally at mine a few things are required to empirically claim COVID without a test (meaning you have enough symptoms to say its COVID).
These things include: Fever, respiratory compromise, w/ severely elevated LFTs and/or elevated renal labs. There are incredibly few other things that will cause this symptom profile, so when we see a febrile patient with low oxygen sat, and liver/renal failure we understandably are freaking the fuck out and isolate them ASAP.
Could also be: Fever, or other flu-like symptoms + known contact with a proven COVID case.
If all we see are symptoms of a cold, we're going to call it a cold and treat accordingly.
I never said it was a flu virus, I was giving an example of a more well known virus to explain why we will code for COVID even without a positive test.
This is done all the time in medicine.
I appreciate the links explaining these things, but I am training in this field.
Context matters, here's my full quote.
IE meaning "for example". Though I guess being very technical from a latin standpoint IE is used to clarified, EG is used for an example, but I've seen it used interchangeably so much I figured doesn't matter.
I'm finding it really hard that you straight up did not realize I was giving an example.