Physiological respiratory parameters in pre-hospital patients with suspected COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented emergency medical services (EMS) worldwide with the difficult task of identifying patients with COVID-19 and predicting the severity of their illness. The aim of this study was to investigate whether physiological respiratory parameters in pre-hospital patients with COVID-19 differed from those without COVID-19 and if they could be used to aid EMS personnel in the prediction of illness severity.

Methods

Patients with suspected COVID-19 were included by EMS personnel in Uppsala, Sweden. A portable respiratory monitor based on pneumotachography was used to sample the included patient's physiological respiratory parameters. A questionnaire with information about present symptoms and background data was completed. COVID-19 diagnoses

SUBMITTER: Malberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8412304 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature