Novel Use of Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in COVID‐19 Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department Identifies Need for Hospitalization
| Autor: | Joseph Capannari, Nita Gupta, Kaushal Majmudar, Christine Patte, Spencer Suppes, Marina Karamanis, Sanjay Sethi, Amy L. Stein, Sonia Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Original Contributions General EM practice Infectious Disease Diagnostic Testing (non‐imaging) law.invention law medicine Pulmonary/Respiratory medicine.diagnostic_test Septic shock business.industry fungi Original Contribution General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Intensive care unit Pulse oximetry Relative risk Ambulatory Emergency medicine Cohort Emergency Medicine business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Academic Emergency Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1553-2712 1069-6563 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/acem.14053 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to evaluate patient-reported oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) using pulse oximetry as a home monitoring tool for patients with initially nonsevere COVID-19 to identify need for hospitalization. METHODS: Patients were enrolled at the emergency department (ED) and outpatient testing centers. Each patient was given a home pulse oximeter and instructed to record their SpO2 every 8 hours. Patients were instructed to return to the ED for sustained home SpO2 |
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