December 4, 2020

Patient Outcomes after Hospitalisation with COVID-19 and Implications for Follow-up: Results from a Prospective UK Cohort

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics, indepth 3 sequelae

• A study evaluating patients in the UK (median age 60 years) who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 8-12 weeks after their admission found that most (74%) had persistent symptoms such as breathlessness (39%) and fatigue (39%), and experienced limitations in physical ability. Sixteen (59%) patients in the mild COVID-19 group reported ongoing symptoms compared with 49 (75%) in the moderate group and 16 (89%) in the group. Clinically significant abnormalities in chest radiographs, exercise tests, blood tests and spirometry were less frequent (35%), especially among patients who did not require supplemental oxygen during their acute infection (7%).

Arnold et al. (Dec 3, 2020). Patient Outcomes after Hospitalisation with COVID-19 and Implications for Follow-up: Results from a Prospective UK Cohort. Thorax. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216086