[HTML][HTML] Admission COVID-19 clinical risk assessment for guiding patient placement and diagnostic testing strategy

NK Jones, I Ramsay, E Moore, J Fuld, C Adcock… - Clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust introduced a 'traffic
light'clinical judgement aid to the COVID-19 admissions unit in mid-March 2020. Ability to …

Early Identification of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 at Risk of Clinical Deterioration: A Multi-Site Study

S Saleh, L West, E Shenoy - 2021 - bmj.com
Confidential: For Review Only Page 1 Confidential: For Review Only Early Identification of
Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 at Risk of Clinical Deterioration: A Multi-Site Study …

POLIS: a rapid and replicable screening tool to improve risk stratification of potential false-negative COVID-19 patients

EC Foo, AY Zhou, O Lily - Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic at the time of this writing has infected 233, 151
people in the UK with 33 614 deaths. 1 Current UK guidance for COVID-19 virus testing …

A clinical risk score to identify patients with COVID-19 at high risk of critical care admission or death: an observational cohort study

JB Galloway, S Norton, RD Barker, A Brookes, I Carey… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate. There is urgent need to stratify
patients. Understanding risk of deterioration will assist in admission and discharge …

Development and internal validation of a diagnostic prediction model for COVID-19 at time of admission to hospital

DL Fink, PY Khan, N Goldman, J Cai… - … Journal of Medicine, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis prior to laboratory
testing results is crucial for infection control in hospitals. Models exist predicting COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing nosocomial transmission of COVID-19: implementation of a COVID-19 triage system

RM Wake, M Morgan, J Choi, S Winn - Clinical Medicine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 puts patients with other medical problems at risk of
severe illness and death. Of 662 inpatients with COVID-19 at an NHS Trust in South London …

Optimisation of COVID‐19 diagnostic pathways in acute hospital admissions to prevent nosocomial transmission

R Livingstone, A Woodhead, M Bhandari… - The Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction In the management of acute hospital admissions during the COVID‐19
pandemic, safe patient cohorting depends on robust admission diagnostic strategies. It is …

Development and validation of a simple risk score for diagnosing COVID-19 in the emergency room

J Sung, N Choudry, R Bachour - Epidemiology & Infection, 2020 - cambridge.org
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate and place pressure on hospital system
resources, a proper screening and risk stratification score is essential. We aimed to develop …

[HTML][HTML] Care pathway and prioritization of rapid testing for COVID-19 in UK hospitals: a qualitative evaluation

T Hicks, A Winter, K Green, P Kierkegaard… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is now established, occurring at a
time of winter pressure on acute care in the NHS. This is likely to be more challenging then …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

S Goodacre, B Thomas, E Lee, L Sutton, A Loban… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Hospital emergency departments play a crucial role in the initial assessment
and management of suspected COVID-19 infection. This needs to be guided by studies of …