Ten months of temporal variation in the clinical journey of hospitalised patients with COVID-19: An observational cohort
Authors:
HPRU-EZI Authors - Jake Dunning; Christl Donnelly; Peter Horby; Mark Pritchard
Abstract:
There is potentially considerable variation in the nature and duration of the care provided to hospitalised patients during an infectious disease epidemic or pandemic. Improvements in care and clinician confidence may shorten the time spent as an inpatient, or the need for admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU). On the other hand, limited resources at times of high demand may lead to rationing. Nevertheless, these variables may be used as static proxies for disease severity, as outcome measures for trials, and to inform planning and logistics.
Journal:
eLife
PMID:
34812731