Multi-disciplinary community respiratory team management of patients with chronic respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Trust Community Respiratory Response Team was established to manage patients with chronic respiratory disease at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team aimed to avert hospital admission while maximally utilising remote consultations. This observational study analysed outcomes of the triage pathway used, use of remote consultations, hospital admissions and mortality among patients managed by the team. Patients' electronic health records were retrospectively reviewed. Rates of emergency department attendance, hospital admission and death within 28 days of referral were compared across triage pathways. Segmented linear regression was carried out for emergency admissions in Greater Glasgow and Clyde pre- and post- Community Respiratory Response Team impleme

SUBMITTER: Turner E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9375196 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature