Novel Use of Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department Identifies Need for Hospitalization.
Sonia ShahKaushal MajmudarAmy B SteinNita GuptaSpencer SuppesMarina KaramanisJoseph CapannariSanjay SethiChristine PattePublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
This study found that home pulse oximetry monitoring identifies need for hospitalization in initially nonsevere COVID-19 patients when a cutoff of SpO2 92% is used. Half of patients who ended up hospitalized had SpO2 < 92% without worsening symptoms. Home SpO2 monitoring also reduces unnecessary ED revisits.