Proposed integrative model for post-COVID symptoms.
Diabetes Metab Syndr
; 15(4): 102159, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1252678
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
To propose an integrative model for post-COVID symptoms by considering the absence/presence of previous symptomatology.METHODS:
We searched different databases for original articles and reviews on post-COVID symptoms.RESULTS:
The first consideration is to define which symptoms are of "new-onset" (symptoms never experienced by a patient before COVID-19 and experienced the first time after) and which symptoms are "exacerbated" (symptoms experienced by a patient prior to COVID-19 but aggravated later) after infection. The second consideration includes defining "persistent" (symptoms experienced at the acute phase and continuing after without remission period) and "delayed-onset" (symptoms not experienced at the acute phase of the infection but appearing after a "latency period"). This model integrates predisposing individual factors, biological factors associated to the severity of disease, hospitalization/treatment factors, and outbreak surrounding factors which may promote post-COVID.CONCLUSION:
Since current literature on post-COVID is heterogeneous, this integrative model could help to a better characterization of long-COVID.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Models, Statistical
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Diabetes Metab Syndr
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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