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December 17, 2020
High Prevalence of Pulmonary Sequelae at 3 Months After Hospital Discharge in Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Survivors
Only 55% of COVID-19 survivors who were mechanically ventilated (n=94) survived until at least 3 months post- hospital discharge. Among 48 people in the follow-up study, there was a high prevalence of pulmonary sequelae. Diminished total lung capacity and diffusion capacity were observed in 23 and 36 participants, respectively. High resolution chest tomography showed signs…
November 23, 2020
Comprehensive Health Assessment Three Months after Recovery from Acute COVID-19
A study following patients (n = 124) for 3 months after they were discharged from the hospital following recovery from COVID-19 in the Netherlands reported that a substantial proportion reported severe problems in several health domains including functional impairment (64%), fatigue (69%) and quality of life (72%) after recovery from acute COVID-19. van den Borst…
High Prevalence of Pericardial Involvement in College Student Athletes Recovering From COVID-19
In a cohort of 48 university student athletes who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection and returned to campus in July 2020 in West Virginia (30% asymptomatic), more than 1 in 3 showed signs of resolving heart inflammation on imaging studies. 27 student athletes (56%) had cardiac abnormalities, including 19 students with late enhancement of the pericardium and…
November 12, 2020
‘Long-COVID’: A Cross-Sectional Study of Persisting Symptoms, Biomarker and Imaging Abnormalities Following Hospitalisation for COVID-19
Among 384 patients in London followed for an average of 54 days post-discharge from COVID-19 hospitalization, 53% reported persistent breathlessness, 34% cough, 69% fatigue, and 14.6% depression. 38% of chest radiographs remained abnormal and 9% showed signs of worsening. Mandal et al. (Nov 10, 2020). ‘Long-COVID’: A Cross-Sectional Study of Persisting Symptoms, Biomarker and Imaging…
Sixty-Day Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Among 1,648 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Michigan, 1250 (75.8%) survived and were discharged between March 16 and July 1, with a majority returning home. By 60 days post-discharge, an additional 84 patients died, bringing the overall mortality rate to 29.2% (63.5% among those admitted to ICU). An additional 189 (15.1%) patients were rehospitalized. Among the…
November 4, 2020
Frequency and Profile of Objective Cognitive Deficits in Hospitalized Patients Recovering from COVID-19
[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Cognitive impairments were found frequently in patients recovering from severe COVID-19 in an inpatient rehabilitation facility. A cross-sectional study tested 57 patients with a mean age of 65 years using standard measures of memory and executive function and found that 81% had cognitive impairment, with deficits most common in working memory (55%),…
October 21, 2020
Cognitive Deficits in People Who Have Recovered from COVID-19 Relative to Controls An N=84285 Online Study
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Analysis of cognitive test data from a large survey in Great Britain (n=84,285) found that people who recovered from COVID-19 exhibited significant cognitive deficits, with increasing degrees of underperformance found among those with greater symptom severity and level of medical assistance received for COVID-19 respiratory symptoms. The cognitive deficit was evaluated through…
October 5, 2020
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures after COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study
Among 78 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 from March to June 2020 in Vancouver, Canada, 76% reported having at least one lingering health effect 3 months after symptom onset and 56% reported at least 2 health effects. The most frequently reported complaints were lower quality of life (51%) and shortness of breath (50%). Wong…
August 25, 2020
Follow-up Study of the Pulmonary Function and Related Physiological Characteristics of COVID-19 Survivors Three Months after Recovery
Zhao et al. evaluated COVID-19 survivors (n=55) three months after hospital discharge, none of whom had required mechanical ventilation, and found pulmonary function abnormalities in 14 (25%) despite a lower prevalence of respiratory symptoms (shortness of breath with exertion 15%, cough, and sputum 2%). Thirty-nine participants (71%) had pulmonary abnormalities visible on high-resolution computed tomography….
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