Evaluation of the Criteria Adopted to Identify Suspected Cases of COVID-19 in the Emergency Department Service of a Referral Palliative Oncology Care Unit.

Simone Garruth Dos Santos Machado SampaioAndréa Marins DiasRenata de FreitasAlessandra Zanei BorsattoElisa Maffioletti Furtunato Leocádio EstevesLivia Costa de Oliveira

Published in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2020)

The clinical criteria adopted to identify suspected cases of COVID-19 at ED proved to be efficient, with low risk of spreading in-hospital infection, avoiding unnecessary isolation of patients.

Keyphrases

emergency department
coronavirus disease
palliative care
healthcare
sars cov
end stage renal disease
pulmonary embolism
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
patient reported outcomes