Which parameters support disposition decision in suspected COVID-19 cases in the emergency department (ED): a German clinical cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

One major goal of the emergency department (ED) is to decide, whether patients need to be hospitalised or can be sent home safely. We aim at providing criteria for these decisions without knowing the SARS-CoV-2 test result in suspected cases.

Setting

Tertiary emergency medicine.

Participants

All patients were treated at the ED of the Charité during the pandemic peak and underwent SARS-CoV-2 testing. Patients with positive test results were characterised in detail and underwent a 14-day-follow-up.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Logistic regression and classification and regression tree (CART) analyses were performed to identify predictors (primary endpoint), which confirm safe discharge. The clinical endpoint was all-cause mortality or need fo

SUBMITTER: Mockel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature