19TH OCTOBER 2021

COVID-19Risk StratificationJames Oswald

Victorian context

The challenge?

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Day 0

Symptom onset

Day 7

Ambulance

Day 5 Day 10

Most

Some

Few

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Evidence?

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Hypoxia

Inada-Kim M, Chmiel FP, Boniface MJ, Pocock H, Black JJM, Deakin CD. Validation of home oxygen saturations as a marker of clinical deterioration in patients with suspected COVID-19. medRxiv. 2020:2020.11.06.20225938.

Dyspnoea

Xie J, Covassin N, Fan Z, Singh P, Gao W, Li G, et al. Association Between Hypoxemia and Mortality in Patients With COVID-19. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020;95(6):1138-47.

https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-19-signs-and-symptoms-tracker/

Others?

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Talk through each one?

Case study 1

Case 1

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Day 0

Symptom onset

Day 7

Ambulance

Day 5 Day 10

Most

Some

Few

Case study 2

Case 2

Case study 3

Case 3

Case study 4

Case 4

CASE 5