Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

Steve Goodacre; Ben Thomas; Ellen Lee; Laura Sutton; Amanda Loban; Simon Waterhouse; Richard Simmonds; Katie Biggs; Carl Marincowitz; Jose Schutter; Sarah Connelly; Elena Sheldon; Jamie Hall; Emma Young; Andrew Bentley; Kirsty Challen; Chris Fitzsimmons; Tim Harris; Fiona Lecky; Andrew Lee; Ian Maconochie; Darren Walter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240206

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Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

Steve Goodacre ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: s.goodacre@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0803-8444

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Ben Thomas,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Ellen Lee,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Laura Sutton,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Amanda Loban,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Simon Waterhouse,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Richard Simmonds,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Katie Biggs,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-7417

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Carl Marincowitz,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Jose Schutter,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Sarah Connelly,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-5628

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Elena Sheldon,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Jamie Hall,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Emma Young,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-0123

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Andrew Bentley,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Intensive Care, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Kirsty Challen,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, United Kingdom
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Chris Fitzsimmons,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Tim Harris,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Fiona Lecky,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-0921

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Andrew Lee,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Ian Maconochie,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6319-8550

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Darren Walter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

Steve Goodacre,
Ben Thomas,
Ellen Lee,
Laura Sutton,
Amanda Loban,
Simon Waterhouse,
Richard Simmonds,
Katie Biggs,
Carl Marincowitz,
Jose Schutter

Published: November 25, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240206

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