1.
Thorax
; 76(4): 396-398, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-919095
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.
Subject(s)
COVID-19/diagnosis , Diagnostic Imaging , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , Biomarkers/blood , COVID-19/blood , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Hospitalization/trends , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Severity of Illness Index
2.
Thorax
; 75(7): 537-538, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-102032
Subject(s)
Betacoronavirus , Clinical Laboratory Techniques , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/therapy , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/therapy , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Protocols , Hospitalization , Humans , Pandemics , Patient Selection , SARS-CoV-2
3.
Lancet Respir Med
; 8(5): 438-440, 2020 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-14914