Diagnostic groups and short-term outcomes in suspected COVID-19 cases treated in an emergency department

OBJECTIVES: The primary objective was to describe the clinical characteristics and 30-day mortality rates in emergency department patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in different diagnostic groupings.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Secondary analysis of the COVID-19 registry compiled by the emergency department of Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, Spain. We selected suspected COVID-19 cases treated in the emergency department between February 28 and March 31, 2020. The cases were grouped as follows: 1) suspected, no polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (S/no-PCR); 2) suspected, negative PCR (S/PCR-); 3) suspected, positive PCR (S/PCR+); 4) highly suspected, no PCR, or negative PCR (HS/no or PCR-); and 5) highly suspected, positive PCR (HS/PCR+). We collected clinical, radiologic, and microbiologic data related to the emergency visit. The main outcome was 30-day all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were hospitalization and clinical severity of the episode.

RESULTS: A total of 1993 cases (90.9%) were included as follows: S/no-PCR, 17.2%; S/PCR-, 11.4%; S/PCR+, 22.1%; HS/no PCR or PCR-, 11.7%; and HS/PCR+, 37.6%. Short-term outcomes differed significantly in the different groups according to demographic characteristics; comorbidity and clinical, radiographic, analytical, and therapeutic variables. Thirty-day mortality was 11.5% (56.5% in hospitalized cases and 19.6% in cases classified as severe). The 2 HS categories and the S/PCR+ category had a greater adjusted risk for 30-day mortality and for having a clinically severe episode during hospitalization in comparison with S/PCR- cases. Only the 2 HS categories showed greater risk for hospitalization than the S/PCR- cases.

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 diagnostic groups differ according to clinical and laboratory characteristics, and the differences are associated with the 30-day prognosis.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Emergencias. 2020 Ago;32(4):225-226. - PMID 32691998

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Emergencias : revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Emergencias - 32(2020), 4 vom: 21., Seite 242-252

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Categorías diagnósticas y resultados a corto plazo en los pacientes con sospecha de COVID-19 atendidos en un servicio de urgencias

Beteiligte Personen:

Martín-Sánchez, F Javier [VerfasserIn]
González Del Castillo, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Valls Carbó, Adrián [VerfasserIn]
López Picado, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Valero, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
D Miranda, Juande [VerfasserIn]
Chacón, Ana [VerfasserIn]
López-Ayala, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Chaparro, David [VerfasserIn]
Cozar López, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Suárez-Cadenas, María Del Mar [VerfasserIn]
Jerez Fernández, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Del Toro, Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Cardassay, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Angós, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Díaz Del Arco, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Adrada, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Montalvo Moraleda, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Espejo Paeres, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Elvira, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
García Briñón, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Leal Pozuelo, José Mª [VerfasserIn]
Ortega, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Pérez, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
González Armengol, Juan Jorge [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

COVID-19
Emergency department
Journal Article
Mortalidad
Mortality
PCR
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-Cov-2
Servicio de urgencias

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.07.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print

CommentIn: Emergencias. 2020 Ago;32(4):225-226. - PMID 32691998

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31268259X