Clinical Guideline Medicine 2022

The role of after-hours house-call medical service in the treatment of COVID-19 patients awaiting hospital admission: A retrospective cohort study.

Inokuchi R, Jin X, Iwagami M, Ishikawa M, Tamiya N — Medicine, 2022

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Summary

What Researchers Did

A retrospective cohort study described the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated by an after-hours house-call medical service in Japan while awaiting hospital admission.

What They Found

The after-hours house-call service treated 55 COVID-19 patients (17 Moderate I, 38 Moderate II) in Osaka and Tokyo. Approximately 30% of patients in both groups received out-of-hospital oxygen therapy. Overall, 16.4% of patients died, with 17.6% in the Moderate I group and 15.8% in the Moderate II group.

Canadian Relevance

This study was conducted in Japan and has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

As a retrospective cohort study, this research may be limited by potential biases from incomplete data collection and confounding factors.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Guideline
Category	Infection
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	35147127
Year Published	2022
Journal	Medicine
MeSH Terms	Adult; After-Hours Care; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; COVID-19; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Home Care Services; Hospitals; Hotlines; House Calls; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Japan; Male

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