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