Validation of home oxygen saturations as a marker of clinical deterioration in patients with suspected COVID-19 (November 2020)

Summary

The early identification of deterioration in suspected COVID-19 patients managed at home enables a more timely clinical intervention, which is likely to translate into improved outcomes.

Dr Matt Inada Kim and team undertook an analysis of COVID-19 patients conveyed by ambulance to hospital to investigate how oxygen saturation and measurements of other vital signs correlate to patient outcomes, to ascertain if clinical deterioration can be predicted with simple community physiological monitoring.