Dedicated team to ambulatory care for patients with COVID-19 requiring oxygen: Low rate of hospital readmission.

Objectives: We aimed to determine the impact of a dedicated medical team (DMT) on ambulatory care for patients requiring oxygen.

Methods: The DMT selected patients requiring oxygen for less than 5 l/min in the emergency department (ED). The rate of ED readmission was compared in patients managed by the DMT and those managed by the ED physicians (EDPs).

Real-world effectiveness of casirivimab plus indevimab in a dedicated ambulatory unit created for patients with early COVID-19 during a massive delta variant wave.

Only limited real-life data are available on the effects of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in high-risk patients who have early COVID-19 and do not require supplemental oxygen. We prospectively studied 217 patients infected by the delta variant who received casirivimab plus indevimab in a dedicated ambulatory unit created during our 4th COVID wave. Mean age was 64 years, 94% had at least one comorbidity, and mean duration of symptoms was 2.

Impact of an SMS reminder service on outpatient clinic attendance rates by patients with HIV followed-up at Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital.

Objective: By the end of 2014, 23% of people living with HIV (PWHIV) who had had a scheduled appointment at our outpatient clinic had not attended. We implemented an SMS reminder service and assessed its impact on medical consultation-attendance rate.

Methods: The intervention was directed at all PWHIV with a scheduled appointment between March and April 2015 at our infectious diseases department.