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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Effectiveness of Telephone Monitoring in Primary Care to Detect Pneumonia and Associated Risk Factors in Patients with SARS-CoV-2.

Jose Miguel Baena-Díez, Isabel Gonzalez-Casafont, Sara Cordeiro-Coelho, Soledad Fernández-González, Migdalia Rodríguez-Jorge, Clara Uxía Fernández Pérez-Torres, Andrea Larrañaga-Cabrera, Manel García-Lareo, Ana de la Arada-Acebes, Esther Martín-Jiménez and 10 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jose Miguel Baena-DíezLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Isabel Gonzalez-CasafontLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Sara Cordeiro-CoelhoLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Soledad Fernández-GonzálezLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Migdalia Rodríguez-JorgeLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Clara Uxía Fernández Pérez-TorresLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Andrea Larrañaga-CabreraLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Manel García-LareoLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Ana de la Arada-AcebesLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Esther Martín-JiménezLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Almudena Pérez-OrceroLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Rosario Hernández-IbáñezLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Ana Gonzalo-VoltasLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5138-4700
Noemí Bermúdez-ChillidaLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Consuelo Simón-MuelaLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Guillermo Del CarloLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Carolina Bayona-FaroLa Marina Primary Care Center, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Cristina Rey-ReñonesIDIAP Jordi Gol, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), 08007 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-8220
Isabel Aguilar-PalacioResearch Group in Health Services of Aragon, (GRISSA) IIS Aragón, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7293-701X
María GrauIMIM-Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2807-8136
Institut Català de Ciències del Clima · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESInstitut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol · ESUniversidad de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved technology facilitates the acceptance of telemedicine. The aim was to analyze the effectiveness of telephone follow-up to detect severe SARS-CoV-2 cases that progressed to pneumonia. A prospective cohort study with 2-week telephone follow-up was carried out March 1 to May 4, 2020, in a primary healthcare center in Barcelona. Individuals aged ≥15 years with symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 were included. Outpatients with non-severe disease were called on days 2, 4, 7, 10 and 14 after diagnosis; patients with risk factors for pneumonia received daily calls through day 5 and then the regularly scheduled calls. Patients hospitalized due to pneumonia received calls on days 1, 3, 7 and 14 post-discharge. Of the 453 included patients, 435 (96%) were first attended to at a primary healthcare center. The 14-day follow-up was completed in 430 patients (99%), with 1798 calls performed. Of the 99 cases of pneumonia detected (incidence rate 20.8%), one-third appeared 7 to 10 days after onset of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms. Ten deaths due to pneumonia were recorded. Telephone follow-up by a primary healthcare center was effective to detect SARS-CoV-2 pneumonias and to monitor related complications. Thus, telephone appointments between a patient and their health care practitioner benefit both health outcomes and convenience.

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COVID-19epidemiologypneumoniaprimary health careSARS-CoV-2telehealthtelemedicine

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PMID34828594
PMCPMC8621826
OpenAlexW3213109175

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