Surveillance for Potential Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Medical Complications in the Emergency Department (ED) - A Retrospective Longitudinal Study of ED Patients Who Had Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Versus Those Who Did Not
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
; 8(SUPPL 1):S254-S255, 2021.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1746699
ABSTRACT
Background. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, growing attention has been placed on whether patients previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 have an increased risk of developing and/or exacerbating medical complications. Our study aimed to determine whether individuals with previous evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to their current emergency department (ED) visit were more likely to present with specific clinical sign/symptoms, laboratory markers, and/or clinical complications. Methods. A COVID-19 seroprevalence study was conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital ED (JHH ED) from March 16 to May 31, 2020. Evidence of ever having SARSCoV-2 infection (PCR positive or IgG Ab positive) was found in 268 ED patients at this time (i.e. infected and/or previously infected). These patients were matched 12 to controls, by date, to other patients who attended the JHHED. Clinical signs/symptoms, laboratory markers, and/or clinical complications associated with ED visits and/ or hospitalizations at JHH within 6 months after their initial ED visit was ed through chart review for these 804 patients. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were performed. Results. Among 804 ED patients analyzed, 50% were female, 56% Black race, and 15% Hispanic with a mean age of 47 years. 323 (40%) patients had at least 1 subsequent ED visit and additional 70 (9%) had been admitted to JHH. After controlling for race and ethnicity, patients with evidence of current or prior COVID-19 infection were more likely to require supplemental oxygen [hazards ratio (HR) =2.53;p=0.005] and have a cardiovascular complication [HR =2.13;p=0.008] during the subsequent ED visit than the non-infected patients. Conclusion. Our findings demonstrate that those previously infected with SARSCoV-2 have an increased frequency of cardiovascular complications and need for supplemental oxygen in ED visits in the months after their initial SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected. EDs could serve as a critical surveillance site for monitoring post-acute COVID-19 syndrome complications.
endogenous compound; immunoglobulin G; oxygen; adult; Black person; cardiovascular disease; complication; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; emergency ward; ethnicity; female; Hispanic; hospitalization; human; long COVID; longitudinal study; major clinical study; male; medical record review; middle aged; retrospective study; seroprevalence
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Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year:
2021
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Article
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