Triage process for the assessment of coronavirus disease 2019-positive patients with cancer: The ONCOVID prospective study.

Alice IndiniMonica CattaneoMichele GhidiniErika RijavecClaudia BareggiBarbara GalassiDonatella GambiniRosalia CerianiFerruccio CeriottiEmilio BertiFrancesco Grossi

Published in: Cancer (2020)

The triage process had a positive effect on the detection of COVID-19 in patients with cancer. Telehealth triage was helpful in detecting suspect patients and to keep a COVID-19-free cancer center. The overall incidence of COVID-19 diagnosis (1%) and antibody positivity (13%) in patients with suspect symptoms was similar to that observed in the general population.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
emergency department
sars cov
end stage renal disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
risk factors
prognostic factors
physical activity
young adults
depressive symptoms
patient reported