| Autor: |
Kraftin E. Schreyer, Derek L. Isenberg, Wayne A. Satz, Nicole V. Lucas, Jennifer Rosenbaum, Gregory Zandrow, Nina T. Gentile |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 3 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1936-9018 |
| DOI: |
10.5811/westjem.2020.12.49206 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: As of October 30, 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 44 million people worldwide and killed over 1.1 million people. In the emergency department (ED), patients who need supplemental oxygen or respiratory support are admitted to the hospital, but the course of normoxic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. In our health system, the policy during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was to admit all patients with abnormal chest imaging (CXR) regardless of their oxygen level. We also admitted febrile patients with respiratory complaints who resided in congregate living. We describe the rate of decompensation among patients admitted with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection but who were not hypoxemic in the ED. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study of patients admitted to our health system between March 1–May 5, 2020 with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection. We queried our registry to find patients who were admitted to the hospital but had no recorded oxygen saturation of |
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