November 9, 2020

Validation of Home Oxygen Saturations as a Marker of Clinical Deterioration in Patients with Suspected COVID-19

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): risk factors

[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] A retrospective cohort study among 1,080 COVID-19 patients conveyed by ambulance to the hospital in the UK found that oxygen saturation measurements at first point of contact in the community were the most predictive of 30-day COVID-19 mortality or ICU admission, with an area under receiver operator curve (AUROC) of 0.8. This was followed by a standard score system identifying composite risk of deterioration (NEWS2), patient age, and respiration rate. 

Inada-Kim et al. (Nov 7, 2020). Validation of Home Oxygen Saturations as a Marker of Clinical Deterioration in Patients with Suspected COVID-19. Pre-print downloaded Nov 9 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.20225938