Radiography-based triage for COVID-19 in the Emergency Department in a Spanish cohort of patients

CONCLUSION: CXR identified pneumonia in a significant number of patients. Those without pneumonia were mostly discharged. Mortality among patients with an initially negative CXR was low. CXR triage for pneumonia in non-severe COVID-19 patients in the ED can be an effective strategy to optimize resource use.PMID:34256936 | DOI:10.1016/j.medcli.2021.05.013

Source: Medicina Clinica - July 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Abiu Sempere-Gonz ález Jordi Llaneras-Artigues Iago Pinal-Fern ández Esperanza Ca ñas-Ruano Olimpia Orozco-G álvez Eva Domingo-Baldrich Xabier Michelena Beatriz Meza Eloi Garc ía-Vives Albert Gil-Vila Javier Sarrapio-Lorenzo Sheila Romero-Ruperto Fra Source Type: research