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Table 1 Study schedule

From: Deep learning diagnostic and risk-stratification pattern detection for COVID-19 in digital lung auscultations: clinical protocol for a case–control and prospective cohort study

Time point

t0

Day 1

Each 48 h

Day of outcomea

Study procedures

    

Recruitment

   

Eligibility screening

   

Informed consent form

   

Assessments

    

Case report form (Demographic + clinical data)

   

RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 test (sensitivity)

()b

()b

 

Digital auscultation collection

    

COVID-positive recruited in triage sites

()c

()c

()c,d

COVID-positive recruited as inpatients

()d

COVID-negative patients

   
  1. : performed, (): performed with stipulated conditions
  2. aIf recruited in triage sites: (1) No hospitalisation within 7 days of enrolment, (2) hospitalisation within 7 days of enrolment with discharge, (3) hospitalisation within 7 days of enrolment with ICU admission/death
  3. If recruited as inpatients: (1) Discharge with without worsened condition attributable to COVID-19, (2) Worsened condition attributable to COVID-19 with ICU admission/death
  4. bIf initially negative and remains symptomatic with renewed testing criteria
  5. cIf later hospitalised
  6. dNot collected once admitted to intensive care