Post-discharge follow-up of patients with COVID-19: A Brazilian experience.
SAGE Open Med
; 10: 20503121221096602, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1862068
ABSTRACT
Objective:
The objective of this study is to evaluate post-acute symptoms in patients with confirmed severe and critical coronavirus disease 2019 infections.Methods:
We evaluated patients with confirmed severe and critical coronavirus disease 2019 infections. Post-acute symptoms were defined as symptoms persisting 4 weeks after the onset of the symptoms and classified as pulmonary, muscular, hematologic, neuropsychiatric, renal, and dermatological.Results:
We recovered data from 565 patients (43.7% female) with a mean age of 61.1 years. In 18.2%, at least one hospital readmission was necessary and 11.1% died. In 62.6%, there was at least one persistent symptom, and 28.8% had more than one. Among associated factors, obesity, intensive care support, and mechanical ventilation were related to persistent symptoms.Conclusion:
The most prevalent symptoms were pulmonary and neuropsychiatric sequelae, as reported in previous studies. This finding underscores the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 infection and the need for follow-up after recovery from the initial illness. Obese patients, those requiring mechanical ventilation, female patients, and increased hospital length are at greater chance of having persistent symptoms.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
SAGE Open Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
20503121221096602
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