Remote monitoring of oxygen saturation in individuals with COVID-19 pneumonia

Orla O'Carroll; Rachel MacCann; Aoife O'Reilly; Eleanor M Dunican; Eoin R Feeney; Silke Ryan; Aoife Cotter; Patrick W Mallon; Michael P Keane; Marcus W Butler; Cormac McCarthy

doi:10.1183/13993003.01492-2020

Remote monitoring of oxygen saturation in individuals with COVID-19 pneumonia

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 13;56(2):2001492. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01492-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Orla O'Carroll¹, Rachel MacCann², Aoife O'Reilly^{1

3}, Eleanor M Dunican^{1

3}, Eoin R Feeney^{2

4}, Silke Ryan^{1

3}, Aoife Cotter⁴, Patrick W Mallon^{2

4}, Michael P Keane^{1

3}, Marcus W Butler^{1

3}, Cormac McCarthy^{5

3}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
² Dept of Infectious Diseases, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
³ School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Cormac.McCarthy@UCD.ie.

Abstract

Remote monitoring of oxygen saturation in cases of COVID-19 pneumonia may facilitate discharge, relieving burden on bed demand and allowing safe follow-up for this disease in which the sequelae are unknown https://bit.ly/3cTXnZU

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Oxygen
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Oxygen