Home Oxygen After Hospitalization for COVID-19: Results From the Multi-Center OXFORD Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the first months of the pandemic, prior to the introduction of proven-effective treatments, 15-37% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were discharged on home oxygen. After proven-effective treatments for acute COVID-19 were established by evidence-based guidelines, little remains known about home oxygen requirements following hospitalization for COVID-19.

Methods

This was a retrospective, multi-center cohort study of subjects hospitalized for COVID-19 between October 2020-September 2021 at 3 academic health centers. Information was abstracted from electronic health records at the index hospitalization and for 60 d after discharge. The World Health Organization COVID-19 Clinical Progression Scale score was used to identify patients with severe COVID-19.

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SUBMITTER: Freedman MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984596 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature