Emergency department characteristics and associations with intensive care admission among patients with coronavirus disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There have been few descriptions in the literature to date specifically examining initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient presentation to the emergency department (ED) and the trajectory of patients who develop critical illness. Here we describe the ED presentation and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 presenting during our initial local surge.

Methods

This is a multicenter, retrospective cohort study using data extracted from the electronic health records at 3 hospitals within a single health system from March 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. Patients were included in the study if they presented to an ED and had laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during the study period. Data elements were extracted fro

SUBMITTER: Krieger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812494 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature