Distinguishing Admissions Specifically for COVID-19 From Incidental SARS-CoV-2 Admissions: National Retrospective Electronic Health Record Study

• Main Authors: Jeffrey G Klann (Author), Zachary H Strasser (Author), Meghan R Hutch (Author), Chris J Kennedy (Author), Jayson S Marwaha (Author), Michele Morris (Author), Malarkodi Jebathilagam Samayamuthu (Author), Ashley C Pfaff (Author), Hossein Estiri (Author), Andrew M South (Author), Griffin M Weber (Author), William Yuan (Author), Paul Avillach (Author), Kavishwar B Wagholikar (Author), Yuan Luo (Author), Gilbert S Omenn (Author), Shyam Visweswaran (Author), John H Holmes (Author), Zongqi Xia (Author), Gabriel A Brat (Author), Shawn N Murphy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAdmissions are generally classified as COVID-19 hospitalizations if the patient has a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. However, because 35% of SARS-CoV-2 infections are asymptomatic, patients admitted for unrelated indications with an incidentally positive test cou...