Treatment of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19): opportunities and limitations


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The continuing increase in the incidence of the new coronavirus infection makes rational therapy for COVID-19 one of the urgent problems of modern medicine. Based on the analysis of modern federal guidelines, the principles of etiotropic and pathogenetic treatment of COVID-19 are considered. The article provides an analytical review of the drugs recommended in the last, eighth version of the temporary Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation guidelines «Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)», dated 03.09.20, and other sources.

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O. V Fesenko

Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

Email: ofessenko@mail.ru
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor at the Department of Pulmonology 2/1, build. 1, Barrikadnaya str., Moscow 125993, Russian Federation

O. A Sibiryakova

Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

Moscow, Russia

S. N Shvayko

S.P. Botkin City Clinical Hospital

Moscow, Russia

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