Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
March 18, 2021
Four-Month Clinical Status of a Cohort of Patients After Hospitalization for COVID-19
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting
Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics, sequelae
- 51% of COVID-19 survivors reported at least 1 new-onset symptom at four months after hospitalization that was not previously present in a cohort study (n=478) in France. New-onset symptoms included fatigue (31%), cognitive symptoms (21%), and shortness of breath (16%). In a subset of patients with further evaluations (n=177, including 97 of 142 former ICU patients), the median score for mental fatigue was high, and lung-scan abnormalities were common.
Morin et al. (Mar 17, 2021). Four-Month Clinical Status of a Cohort of Patients After Hospitalization for COVID-19. JAMA. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.3331