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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Galwankar, Sagar
• Paladino, Lorenzo
• Gaieski, David
• Nanayakkara, K
• Somma, Salvatore
• Grover, Joydeep
• Stawicki, Stanislaw

Titel

Management algorithm for subclinical hypoxemia in coronavirus disease-2019 patients: Intercepting the "Silent Killer"

Ist Teil von

• Journal of emergencies, trauma and shock, 2020-04, Vol.13 (2), p.110-113

Ort / Verlag

New Delhi: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The presence of asymptomatic hypoxemia (AH) in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is well described.[1] AH is thought to be responsible for the phenomenon of rapid clinical deterioration and mortality in the hospital setting,[2] and is frequently associated with the delayed escalation of care.[3] In addition, at-home mortality is thought to be elevated among those with AH who are discharged from the emergency department following an apparently low-acuity ambulatory evaluation.[4],[5] Such patients may have profound hypoxemia without significant dyspnea, with the initial sign of deterioration being confined to escalating oxygen requirement.[5]