Lower mortality of COVID-19 by early recognition and intervention: experience from Jiangsu Province (18 March 2020)

Summary

Since the severity of disease is closely related to the prognosis, the basic and essential strategies to improve outcomes that we should adhere to remain the early detection of high-risk and critically ill patients 

This retrospective analysis of casein Jiangsu Province proved a good consistency between early screening of SpO2, RR, HR and early warning model. Therefore, a flowchart integrating early warning model and early screening procedure is recommended for high risk patients recognition and all patients’ screening to make it possible for early intervention.

This article includes flow charts for:

• early recognition of high-risk and critically ill patients
• management of critically ill patients.