Clinical course and care requirements during the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in South Australia.

Autor: Haustead, Daniel, Toh, Dylan J, Reddi, Benjamin, Kirkpatrick, Emily, Rowe, Emily, Outhwaite, Pamela, Harnack, Elizabett, Cusack, Michael, Brooks, Megan
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Zdroj: Medical Journal of Australia; Jun2021, Vol. 214 Issue 10, p471-473, 3p
Abstrakt: Keywords: COVID-19; Infectious diseases; Respiratory tract infections EN COVID-19 Infectious diseases Respiratory tract infections 471 473 3 06/08/21 20210601 NES 210601 Characterising the care requirements of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is essential for resource allocation.1 Knowledge of care needs is based predominantly on experience in regions where health care capacity has been strained, and may not reflect ideal practice.2,3 We therefore examined COVID-19 testing data for South Australia, the care requirements of patients with confirmed COVID-19, and the disposition of people with potential COVID-19 who presented to the designated COVID-19 hospital for SA, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), during a period of low COVID-19 prevalence and limited community transmission (30 January - 26 April 2020). † Fourteen SARS-CoV-2-positive patients admitted under the COVID-19 inpatient team required transfer to the intensive care unit, 11 of whom returned to the COVID-19 inpatient team, as did two of three patients admitted to the intensive care unit from the emergency department. 1 Box New confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Australia, numbers of inpatients with COVID-19... GLO:06C/01jun21:mja251047-fig-0001.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): . gl COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. [Extracted from the article]
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