Summary: A 73-year-old man with hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease calls to report that he has had a fever and a dry cough for the past 2 days. He notes that his shortness of breath has worsened. His medications include losartan and inhaled glucocorticoids. He lives alone. How should he be evaluated? If he has Covid-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, then how should he be treated? Full-text recordings of Clinical Practice articles can be found at NEJM.org.
