Publications by authors named "Elisa Maffioletti Furtunato Leocadio Esteves"
Evaluation of the Criteria Adopted to Identify Suspected Cases of COVID-19 in the Emergency Department Service of a Referral Palliative Oncology Care Unit.
Simone Garruth Dos Santos Machado Sampaio Andréa Marins Dias Renata de Freitas Alessandra Zanei Borsatto Elisa Maffioletti Furtunato Leocádio Esteves
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
February 2021
Context: Due to the need for isolation of inpatients with suspected COVID-19, accuracy in identifying these cases in Emergency Department (ED) has great relevance, especially in Palliative Oncology Care Unit (PCU).
Objective: To evaluate the efficiency of clinical criteria adopted to identify suspected cases of COVID-19 by the ED in PCU.
Methods: All patients admitted to PCU between April and June 2020 from ED were included.