Tanta Protocol for Management of COVID-19: Perspectives from a Developing Country.

Abd-Elsalam, Sherief; Esmail, Eslam Saber; Khalaf, Mai; El-Sarnagawy, Ghada N; Shalaby, Shahinaz M; El Ghafar, Mohamed Samir Abd; Elbahnasawy, Mohamed; Elfert, Asem; Soliman, Hanan; El-Kalla, Ferial; Ghoneim, Ahmed

In late 2019, SARS-COV-2 disease is firstly discovered in Wuhan, China and it reached millions of people worldwide. Later, the World Health Organization (WHO) described COVID-19 as the first pandemic invading the world in 21st century. The WHO has declared that the emerging infection will last long enough to force adjustments not only in people's lifestyles but also in health care system. This amendment is expected to spread through many medical practices and specialties. A lot of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities have been proposed for COVID-19 management. The best strategy for management of patients requires a multi-disciplinary team approach with correct decision regarding the right timing of each modality of treatment. The participating multidisciplinary team for COVID-19 management includes six infectious diseases experts in Tanta University; one critical care management expert; an emergency medicine expert and two pharmacists in Tanta University. In this review, we reported our multi-disciplinary team experience with up to date literature guidance to propose a valid protocol for management of COVID-19 patients in limited resources setting.