COVID-19 conundrum: clinical phenotyping based on pathophysiology as a promising approach to guide therapy in a novel illness

Robin Cherian; Bharatendu Chandra; Moon Ley Tung; Alain Vuylsteke

doi:10.1183/13993003.02135-2020

COVID-19 conundrum: clinical phenotyping based on pathophysiology as a promising approach to guide therapy in a novel illness

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 27;56(2):2002135. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02135-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Robin Cherian¹, Bharatendu Chandra², Moon Ley Tung³, Alain Vuylsteke⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore robin_cherian@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Dept of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Dept of Anaesthesia and Critical care, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

The current evidence of COVID-19 pathophysiology supports the idea of specific phenotypes, and clinical phenotyping may be valuable to guide therapy https://bit.ly/2ZagmMn

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2