{"title":"Exploring the association between happy hypoxia and Coronavirus disease 2019 in the triage phase.","authors":"Mihiro Kaga, Masanao Sasaki, Takahiro Masuda, Hiroyuki Sato, Takeshi Ueda, Akihiro Hirakawa","doi":"10.1080/20565623.2025.2458413","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported to show hypoxia without displaying typical clinical signs or symptoms, called \"happy hypoxia.\" To explore the potential of happy hypoxia as a distinctive symptom of COVID-19, we compared vital signs in the triage phase between patients with and without COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively identified emergency patients with and without COVID-19 admitted to Rakuwakai Marutamachi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, between January 2021 and December 2021.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>317 patients were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis, including all vital signs, demonstrated that the respiratory rate was not statistically associated with COVID-19 (odds ratio, 0.94, p = 0.058), suggesting that happy hypoxia may not be a distinct hallmark of COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":12568,"journal":{"name":"Future Science OA","volume":"11 1","pages":"2458413"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792821/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future Science OA","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20565623.2025.2458413","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/30 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported to show hypoxia without displaying typical clinical signs or symptoms, called "happy hypoxia." To explore the potential of happy hypoxia as a distinctive symptom of COVID-19, we compared vital signs in the triage phase between patients with and without COVID-19.
Methods: We retrospectively identified emergency patients with and without COVID-19 admitted to Rakuwakai Marutamachi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, between January 2021 and December 2021.
Results and conclusions: 317 patients were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis, including all vital signs, demonstrated that the respiratory rate was not statistically associated with COVID-19 (odds ratio, 0.94, p = 0.058), suggesting that happy hypoxia may not be a distinct hallmark of COVID-19.
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Future Science OA is an online, open access, peer-reviewed title from the Future Science Group. The journal covers research and discussion related to advances in biotechnology, medicine and health. The journal embraces the importance of publishing all good-quality research with the potential to further the progress of research in these fields. All original research articles will be considered that are within the journal''s scope, and have been conducted with scientific rigour and research integrity. The journal also features review articles, editorials and perspectives, providing readers with a leading source of commentary and analysis. Submissions of the following article types will be considered: -Research articles -Preliminary communications -Short communications -Methodologies -Trial design articles -Trial results (including early-phase and negative studies) -Reviews -Perspectives -Commentaries