Unexplained elevation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a patient recovering from COVID-19: A case report.

Background: A disease caused by a novel coronavirus virus, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), broke out in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and spread around the word. As of March 4, 2020, 93090 confirmed cases and 2984 deaths have been reported in more than 80 countries and territories. It has triggered global public health security.

[Prevention Effect of Thymosin-alpha1 Aganist Early Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Patients with Mechanical Ventilation].

Objective: To investigate the preventive effects of thymosin-alpha1 against early ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the patients with mechanical ventilation.

Methods: Fifty two patients with expectancy of mechanical ventilation over 48 h were divided into routine therapy group (n=26) and thymosin therapy group (n= 26) in random. The patients in routine therapy group were given intensive care unit (ICU) conventional treatment, and the patients in thymosin therapy group were given thymosin treatment additionally (1.

[A discussion about the tactics of mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory distress occurring in the first case of influenza A (H5N1) in Guizhou Province].

Objective: To discuss the tactics of mechanical ventilation in a human severe case of influenza A (H5N1) complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Methods: The data of the patient infected by the influenza A (H5N1) admitted to People's Hospital of Guizhou Province on January 15, 2009, were analyzed and summarized.

Results: The patient, a 29-year-old man, had been healthy in the past, but had exposed to the environment of bird flu before illness.