Cohort Study: Selected patients with Covid-19 can be safely discharged on home oxygen, with low mortality and readmission rates

Mortality and Readmission Rates Among Patients With COVID-19 After Discharge From Acute Care Setting With Supplemental Oxygen – JAMA Network Open

Video: Home Oxygen Instructions for Discharged Patients With COVID-19

Commentaries: Covid-19: Ambulatory Management with Home Oxygen Results in Low Mortality, Low Readmissions – Physician’s Weekly AND Mortality, readmission low with COVID-19 discharge on home oxygen – HealthDay

Commentaries on Twitter

Is “HOME O2” safe in #COVID19? @JAMANetworkOpen
 
N=621 #COVID Pts D/Ced on O2 instead of being kept in hosp. 20% BMI>30, 33% HTN/DM. Only 1.2% 30-d Mort rate & only 8.5% returned for hosp admission. Safe is done right!https://t.co/clZAzEqWwy#medtwitter #CriticalCare #Nurse pic.twitter.com/EInhCdcN6f

— WesElyMD (@WesElyMD) April 3, 2021

Cohort study finds #COVID19 patients discharged with home oxygen from the LA safety net public hospital system using an innovative program had similar outcomes to patients not requiring home oxygen. @BradSpellberg @LACUSCMedCenter https://t.co/kZrxVKHB5F

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) April 1, 2021