Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2021
Multicenter StudyEpidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected and confirmed COVID-19: A multisite report from the COVED Quality Improvement Project for July 2020 (COVED-3).
The aim of the present study was to describe the epidemiology and clinical features of patients presenting to the ED with suspected and confirmed COVID-19. ⋯ In this prospective multi-site study from July 2020, a substantial proportion of ED patients required SARS-CoV-2 testing, isolation and enhanced infection prevention and control precautions. Presence of SARS-CoV-2 on nasopharyngeal swab was not associated with death or mechanical ventilation.