Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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The ROX index, a score that has been used to predict HFNC outcomes in COVID‐19 patients. Several studies assessed the accuracy level of the ROX index for predicting HFNC failure but the results are inconsistent therefore generalizing requires further confirmation and verification by various studies in different settings. Thus, the following study has been conducted for evaluating the reliability of the ROX index in morbidity and mortality assessment of covid 19 patients. An observational study was done from the period of September 2020 to November 2020 among COVID‐19 positive patients attending emergency OPD. individuals who are RT‐PCR positive of COVID‐19 and CT‐chest CORADS classification 5 and 6 were included in the study. Those patients with non‐COVID pneumonia and patients with the known pulmonary disease were excluded from the study. In our study, 534 individuals have participated. The mean age of the study participants was 53.26 years with a standard deviation of 14.615 years. Increasing values of age, CT‐chest severity score, and respiratory rate have a highly, statistically, significant negative correlation with the ROX index (p<0.001). high respiratory values have a statistically significant positive correlation with duration of stay in the hospital (p = 0.001). The ROX index has a statistically significant association with severe COVID 19 disease and can be used as a reliable method in the emergency department for predicting the need for ventilation support.
How to cite this article:
H. Shananth Saravanan, A. Sirmela, S. Arthi, Rajakantham and M. Abdussamad. Respiratory Rate and Oxygenation Index in Morbidity and Mortality assessment of Covid‐19
patient in Emergency Department.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.4.77.82
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2024.4.77.82