Association between COVID-19 diagnosis and presenting chief complaint from New York City triage data.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

New York City (NYC) is an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Proper triage of patients with possible COVID-19 via chief complaint is critical but not fully optimized. This study aimed to investigate the association between presentation by chief complaints and COVID-19 status.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed adult emergency department (ED) patient visits from five different NYC hospital campuses from March 1, 2020 to May 13, 2020 of patients who underwent nasopharyngeal COVID-19 RT-PCR testing. The positive and negative COVID-19 cohorts were then assessed for different chief complaints obtained from structured triage data. Sub-analysis was performed for patients older than 65 and within chief complaints with high mortality.

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SUBMITTER: Clifford CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7648523 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature