• Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2022

    Characteristics of patients with COVID-19 hospitalised in South Australia during the first wave of the pandemic.

    • Justin Boyle and Ross Sparks.
    • CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2022 Feb 1; 34 (1): 122-126.

    ObjectiveTo describe the first wave of hospitalisations of patients testing positive for COVID-19 in South Australia.MethodsPathology test results for COVID-19 between January and June 2020 were matched against state-wide ED and inpatient data sets.ResultsThe impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on South Australian hospitals was 440 unique patients with COVID-19; median ED, hospital and ICU lengths of stay of 4.7 h, 9.8 days and 4.1 days, respectively; and a crude mortality rate of 0.23 deaths per 100 000 population (four deaths).ConclusionThe study sheds light on the characteristics of patients with COVID-19 hospitalised in South Australia.© 2021 Commonwealth of Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia © 2021 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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