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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 , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , disease , surgery , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
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.