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Originally posted by Phantom1: ↑

Perhaps this can help a little. The clinical course is usually as follows.

1. The virus causes a generalised viral illness with upper respiratory symptoms first (a cold/flu' if you will). Symptomatic treatment needed. Watch and see what happens.
2. The patient gets better OR
3 The lower airway becomes involved. That is a lower respiratory infection. Now we have a much more severe scenario than (1). Full assessment needed.
4. The LRTI gets better (just mild acute bronchitis) or develops into viral (with or without secondary bacterial infection) pneumonia
5. The patient becomes very ill/ ICU/ recovery or Death (about 3% I have read)

So where can ResApp help?
1. They can differentiate between Upper and Lower involvement. Thus between 1 and 3 above. This is terrific for triage, knowing who to treat, how to manage, and when to observe. Repeated measurements should show those with upper initially then develop the lower disease as time passes. Most useful in telehealth and ED's
2. They can detect pneumonia in those with lower respiratory disease. Earlier treatment can be initiated. Although there are no effective antivirals per se other treatments are needed. Also good, as not all patients are going to have pneumonia - some will have asthma (can detect that too) or other things unrelated to COVID-19.

The ResApp tech does not require a CXR or CT scan.

The CE and TGA approvals approve this from babies to the elderly including those with underlying respiratory disease (e.g. COPD) who are most at risk.

One further point is that both patients and doctors are going to want to assess as many of the "cold" type patients as possible by telehealth to avoid contact and becoming unwell—clear benefits to the health systems as well from overcrowding etc. I read about doctors and administrators getting very sick, some dying, in China and Iran.

We need to look after the carers as well.

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