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Hospital‐in‐the‐Home experience of first 23 COVID‐19 patients at a regional NSW hospital

Author(s) -

Lwin Nilar,

Burgess Jenny,

Johnston Claire,

Johnson Nyomie,

Chung Steven

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

internal medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1445-5994

pISSN - 1444-0903

DOI - 10.1111/imj.15016

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , ambulatory , ambulatory care , presentation (obstetrics) , emergency medicine , health care , hospital care , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , disease , surgery , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth

Ambulatory care is an important service for patients with the COVID‐19 infection especially in a regional area where most of the patients underwent home isolation. Escalation of treatment and timely transition to inpatient care are critical when COVID‐19 patients deteriorate. Equally important is ensuring transfer into facility is carried out in a well‐planned, safe manner to prevent exposure to health care professionals as well as other inpatients. This study is a summary of our COVID Hospital‐in‐the‐Home (HITH) service and clinical presentation of COVID‐19 patients.

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