Authors: Mandal S, Barnett J, Brill SE, Brown JS, Hare SS
PMID: 33172844 PMCID: PMC7661378 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215818
Abstract
Large numbers of people are being discharged from hospital following COVID-19 without assessment of recovery. In 384 patients (mean age 59.9 years; 62% male) followed a median 54 days post discharge, 53% reported persistent breathlessness, 34% cough and 69% fatigue. 14.6% had depression. In those discharged with elevated biomarkers, 30.1% and 9.5% had persistently elevated d-dimer and C reactive protein, respectively. 38% of chest radiographs remained abnormal with 9% deteriorating. Systematic follow-up after hospitalisation with COVID-19 identifies the trajectory of physical and psychological symptom burden, recovery of blood biomarkers and imaging which could be used to inform the need for rehabilitation and/or further investigation.
Keywords: respiratory infection; viral infection.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33172844/
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