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Novel Use of Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in COVID?19 Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department Identifies Need for Hospitalization #MMPMID32779828
Shah S; Majmudar K; Stein A; Gupta N; Suppes S; Karamanis M; Capannari J; Sethi S; Patte C
Acad Emerg Med 2020[Aug]; 27 (8): 681-92 PMID32779828show ga
Objectives: Our objective was to evaluate patient?reported oxygen saturation (SpO2) using pulse oximetry as a home monitoring tool for patients with initially nonsevere COVID?19 to identify need for hospitalization. Methods: Patients were enrolled at the emergency department (ED) and outpatient testing centers. Each patient was given a home pulse oximeter and instructed to record their SpO2 every 8 hours. Patients were instructed to return to the ED for sustained home SpO2 < 92% or if they felt they needed emergent medical attention. Relative risk was used to assess the relation between hospitalization and home SpO2 < 92% in COVID?19?positive patients. Results: We enrolled 209 patients with suspected COVID?19, of whom 77 patients tested positive for COVID?19 and were included. Subsequent hospitalization occurred in 22 of 77 (29%) patients. Resting home SpO2 < 92% was associated with an increased likelihood of hospitalization compared to SpO2 ? 92% (relative risk = 7.0, 95% confidence interval = 3.4 to 14.5, p < 0.0001). Home SpO2 < 92% was also associated with increased risk of intensive care unit admission, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and septic shock. In our cohort, 50% of patients who ended up hospitalized only returned to the ED for incidental finding of low home SpO2 without worsening of symptoms. One?third (33%) of nonhospitalized patients stated that they would have returned to the ED if they did not have a pulse oximeter to reassure them at home. Conclusions: 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.