Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease, South Korea. |
| Authors: |
Won Suk Choi1, Hyoung Seop Kim1, Bongyoung Kim2 sobakas@hanyang.ac.kr, Soomin Nam1, Jang Wook Sohn2, Choi, Won Suk (AUTHOR), Kim, Hyoung Seop (AUTHOR), Kim, Bongyoung (AUTHOR), Nam, Soomin (AUTHOR), Sohn, Jang Wook (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Emerging Infectious Diseases. Oct2020, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p2338-2346. 8p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 1 Map. |
| Subject Terms: |
*PREVENTION of epidemics, *VIRAL pneumonia, *LENGTH of stay in hospitals, *REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, *COVID-19, *COMMUNITY health services, *HOSPITAL admission & discharge, *ISOLATION (Hospital care), *POLYMERASE chain reaction, *COMORBIDITY, *DISEASE complications |
| Geographic Terms: |
SOUTH Korea |
| Abstract: |
As a part of measures to decrease spikes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and deaths outside of hospitals, the government of South Korea introduced a plan for community treatment centers (CTCs) to isolate and monitor patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms. We assessed outcomes of 568 patients admitted to 3 CTCs near Daegu. More (64.6%) women than men (35.4%) were admitted, and the mean age of patients was 36.0 years (SD +15.0 years). Among all patients, 75.7% remained asymptomatic while at the CTCs. The mean time patients remained at CTCs was 19.6 days (SD +5.8 days) from the day of diagnosis until our study ended on March 23, 2020. Because they offer appropriate clinical triaging and daily monitoring for patients, CTCs are a safe alternative to medical institutions for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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