ArmInfo.RA Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan spoke about the objective symptoms of coronavirus.
On his Facebook page, the minister informed that one of the important objective symptoms of the disease is blood oxygen saturation or oxygen saturation (SpO2). Normally, it should exceed 95%, but when pneumonia develops with coronavirus, saturation begins to fall due to lung damage. <It is to increase saturation that doctors give patients oxygen therapy, first using a face mask, and in more severe cases, non- invasive and invasive methods of mechanical ventilation. SpO2 in all our patients is measured several times a day to determine the improvement or deterioration of the health status and the need for appropriate interventions>, the minister informed, adding that in his case oxygen saturation is 98%.
To note, earlier the Ministry repeatedly was asked questions regarding why only a small proportion of patients with coronavirus are connected to the ventilator.
In total, 5928 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the republic, 2874 people recovered, 74 died. Currently, 2952 patients are receiving actual treatment.