In home-treated mild COVID-19 patients, what are the alarm symptoms to seek hospital assistance?
These patients are generally on symptomatic treatment. They need to look out for symptoms suggesting hypoxia or pneumonia, such as shortness of breath, deep shallow breathing, chest pains or persistent tachycardia. Special attention needs to be given to those with risk factors for disease progression, such as patients older than 65 years, cardiac or pulmonary comorbidities and immunosuppression.156,157