Respiratory failure, clinical course and community management of COVID-19 patients in a large Australian cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked health and economic damage globally. A thorough understanding of the characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Australia plus the strategies that successfully 'flatten the curve' are vitally important to contain this pandemic.

Aim

To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in the Sutherland Shire, and the management model adopted to manage these patients.

Methods

A retrospective case series of COVID-19 patients monitored in the Sutherland Shire between 19 March and 15 May 2020 was performed. Demographic, clinical and outcome data of COVID-19 inpatients at the Sutherland Hospital and demographic data of COVID-19 patients in the Sutherland Shire community were obtained. The Sutherla

SUBMITTER: Louie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8014440 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature