Home Oxygen After Hospitalization for COVID-19 : Results From the Multi-Center OXFORD Study

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BACKGROUND: In the first months of the pandemic, prior to the introduction of proven-effective treatments, 15-37% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were discharged on home oxygen. After proven-effective treatments for acute COVID-19 were established by evidence-based guidelines, little remains known about home oxygen requirements following hospitalization for COVID-19.

METHODS: This was a retrospective, multi-center cohort study of subjects hospitalized for COVID-19 between October 2020-September 2021 at 3 academic health centers. Information was abstracted from electronic health records at the index hospitalization and for 60 d after discharge. The World Health Organization COVID-19 Clinical Progression Scale score was used to identify patients with severe COVID-19.

RESULTS: Of 517 subjects (mean age 58 y, 47% female, 42% Black, 36% Hispanic, 22% with severe COVID-19), 81% were treated with systemic corticosteroids, 61% with remdesivir, and 2.5% with tocilizumab. About one quarter of subjects were discharged on home oxygen (26% [95% CI 22-29]). Older age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.02 per 5 y [95% CI 1.02-1.02]), higher body mass index (aOR 1.02 per kg/m2 [1.00-1.04]), diabetes (yes vs no, aOR 1.73 [1.46-2.02]), severe COVID-19 (vs moderate, aOR 3.19 [2.19-4.64]), and treatment with systemic corticosteroids (yes vs no, aOR 30.63 [4.51-208.17]) were associated with an increased odds of discharge on home oxygen. Comorbid hypertension (yes vs no, aOR 0.71 [0.66-0.77) was associated with a decreased odds of home oxygen. Within 60 d of hospital discharge, 50% had documentation of pulse oximetry; in this group, home oxygen was discontinued in 46%.

CONCLUSIONS: About one in 41 subjects were prescribed home oxygen after hospitalization for COVID-19, even after guidelines established proven-effective treatments for acute illness. Evidence-based strategies to reduce the requirement for home oxygen in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 are needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Respiratory care - 69(2024), 3 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 281-289

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Freedman, Michael B [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yoo Jin [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Ramandeep [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Bijal V [VerfasserIn]
Adegunsoye, Ayodeji O [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Yu-Che [VerfasserIn]
DeLisa, Julie A [VerfasserIn]
Gardner, Jessica M [VerfasserIn]
Gordon, Howard S [VerfasserIn]
Greenberg, Jared A [VerfasserIn]
Kaul, Malvika [VerfasserIn]
Khouzam, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Labedz, Stephanie L [VerfasserIn]
Mokhlesi, Babak [VerfasserIn]
Rintz, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Rubinstein, Israel [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Analisa [VerfasserIn]
Vines, David L [VerfasserIn]
Ziauddin, Lubna [VerfasserIn]
Gerald, Lynn B [VerfasserIn]
Krishnan, Jerry A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Durable medical equipment
Hypoxemia
Journal Article
Long COVID
Oxygen
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
S88TT14065
SARS-CoV-2l

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4187/respcare.11436

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NLM366675206