id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-279345-dgdujcy3 Sudhir, Amita A primary care alternative to a hospital-based approach to COVID-19 in India 2020-08-11 .txt text/plain 1756 77 48 Of the available interventions to correct hypoxia, which is often the primary reason for hospital admission in COVID-19 patients, the simplest is oxygen by nasal cannula. This can be administered at any facility with the ability to keep patients overnight or for multiple days, but other than oxygen concentrators or cylinders, nasal cannulas, and simple pulse oximeters, no specialized equipment or advanced moni-A primary care alternative to a hospital-based approach to COVID-19 in India Amita Sudhir 1 , Nachiket Mor 2 The solution of using primary care facilities and providers is adaptable to either a public or private setting, depending on the resources available in any given country. Oxygen concentrators are portable, and once the need for using them for COVID patients has passed, they can be repurposed to ambulances, clinics, and even home health settings for a host of other diseases causing hypoxia. ./cache/cord-279345-dgdujcy3.txt ./txt/cord-279345-dgdujcy3.txt