COVID-19: Coronavirus Morphology, Transmission, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features and Management

A nursing revision deck on COVID-19 as a pandemic disease. It gives the definitions and the case definition, the four genera of coronavirus and the morphology of the virion, then the modes of transmission and the predisposing factors from old age and immunosuppression to overcrowding. The pathophysiology follows the spike protein through ACE-2 receptor binding, endocytosis and replication to the damage at the alveoli, and the rest of the deck covers the clinical manifestations, the investigations, medical management and the preventive measures.