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COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms or without Symptom Using Residential Treatment Center Model

BACKGROUND: The rapid rise in coronavirus disease worldwide has drastically limited the availability of hospital facilities for patients. Residential treatment centers were opened in South Korea for the admission of asymptomatic or patients with mild symptoms. This study discusses the appropriatenes...

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Autores principales: Kim, Song Yi, Kim, Ji Young, Lee, Gyeongsil, Yun, Jae Moon, Cho, BeLong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34706490
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.21.0123
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Kim, Ji Young
Lee, Gyeongsil
Yun, Jae Moon
Cho, BeLong
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description BACKGROUND: The rapid rise in coronavirus disease worldwide has drastically limited the availability of hospital facilities for patients. Residential treatment centers were opened in South Korea for the admission of asymptomatic or patients with mild symptoms. This study discusses the appropriateness of the admission criteria set by the centers in a pandemic situation, the prioritization of patients for admission, and ways to minimize the risk of self-isolation. METHODS: A total of 217 low-risk patients (n=217) were admitted to the Nowon Residential Treatment Center between August 22 and October 14, 2020. The following criteria were met at the time of admission: patients (1) were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, (2) had either a controlled or no underlying chronic disease, and (3) did not need oxygen treatment. Among them, 202 patients who were eligible for inclusion in the study were retrospectively investigated through periodic interviews. RESULTS: Of the 202 patients, 153 satisfied the criteria for symptomatic isolation standards, and 25 for asymptomatic isolation standards. The clinical conditions of 24 patients were aggravated, and these patients were transferred to other hospitals, among which 12 had persistent fever and 13 were suffering dyspnea with oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) <95%. CONCLUSION: In the event of another large-scale epidemic, it would be appropriate to prioritize accommodating patients who are elderly or have underlying diseases and self-isolate young patients with no underlying diseases and provide them with SpO(2) meters and thermometers to self-measure SpO(2) and body temperature.
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spelling pubmed-91365052022-06-01 COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms or without Symptom Using Residential Treatment Center Model Kim, Song Yi Kim, Ji Young Lee, Gyeongsil Yun, Jae Moon Cho, BeLong Korean J Fam Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The rapid rise in coronavirus disease worldwide has drastically limited the availability of hospital facilities for patients. Residential treatment centers were opened in South Korea for the admission of asymptomatic or patients with mild symptoms. This study discusses the appropriateness of the admission criteria set by the centers in a pandemic situation, the prioritization of patients for admission, and ways to minimize the risk of self-isolation. METHODS: A total of 217 low-risk patients (n=217) were admitted to the Nowon Residential Treatment Center between August 22 and October 14, 2020. The following criteria were met at the time of admission: patients (1) were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, (2) had either a controlled or no underlying chronic disease, and (3) did not need oxygen treatment. Among them, 202 patients who were eligible for inclusion in the study were retrospectively investigated through periodic interviews. RESULTS: Of the 202 patients, 153 satisfied the criteria for symptomatic isolation standards, and 25 for asymptomatic isolation standards. The clinical conditions of 24 patients were aggravated, and these patients were transferred to other hospitals, among which 12 had persistent fever and 13 were suffering dyspnea with oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) <95%. CONCLUSION: In the event of another large-scale epidemic, it would be appropriate to prioritize accommodating patients who are elderly or have underlying diseases and self-isolate young patients with no underlying diseases and provide them with SpO(2) meters and thermometers to self-measure SpO(2) and body temperature. Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2022-05 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9136505/ /pubmed/34706490 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.21.0123 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort covid-19 patients with mild symptoms or without symptom using residential treatment center model
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34706490
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.21.0123
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