Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.

Sarzynski, Sadia H; Mancera, Alex; Mann, Clay; Dai, Mengtao; Sun, Junfeng; Warner, Sarah; Kadri, Sameer S

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0812

EMS systems & operations

Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.

Sadia H Sarzynski, Alex Mancera, Clay Mann, Mengtao Dai, Junfeng Sun, Sarah Warner, Sameer S Kadri

JAMA · 2022-01-29 · Observational study

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Abstract

This study compares the frequency of hospital-to-hospital transportation events and associated life-threatening deterioration during transport among patients with acute lower respiratory tract illness during vs before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.

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