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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 2;172(11):766-767.
doi: 10.7326/L20-0175. Epub 2020 Mar 16.

COVID-19 and the Risk to Health Care Workers: A Case Report

Kangqi Ng  1 , Beng Hoong Poon  1 , Troy Hai Kiat Puar  1 , Jessica Li Shan Quah  1 , Wann Jia Loh  1 , Yu Jun Wong  1 , Thean Yen Tan  1 , Jagadesan Raghuram  1
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Case Reports

COVID-19 and the Risk to Health Care Workers: A Case Report

Kangqi Ng et al. Ann Intern Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Diabetes mellitus; Health care providers; Hyperlipidemia; Intubation; Noninvasive ventilation; Oxygen; Patients; Pneumonia; Ventilators.

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