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Persistence of Symptoms After Discharge of Patients Hospitalized Due to COVID-19

Many patients who had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had at least one symptom that persisted after recovery from the acute phase. Our purpose was to review the empirical evidence on symptom prevalence, complications, and management of patients with long COVID. We systematically reviewed the lit...

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Autores principales: Wu, Lili, Wu, Yongxin, Xiong, Haiyan, Mei, Biqi, You, Tianhui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34881263
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.761314
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author Wu, Lili
Wu, Yongxin
Xiong, Haiyan
Mei, Biqi
You, Tianhui
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description Many patients who had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had at least one symptom that persisted after recovery from the acute phase. Our purpose was to review the empirical evidence on symptom prevalence, complications, and management of patients with long COVID. We systematically reviewed the literature on the clinical manifestations of long COVID-19, defined by the persistence of symptoms beyond the acute phase of infection. Bibliographic searches in PubMed and Google Scholar were conducted to retrieve relevant studies on confirmed patients with long COVID that were published prior to August 30, 2021. The most common persistent symptoms were fatigue, cough, dyspnea, chest pains, chest tightness, joint pain, muscle pain, loss of taste or smell, hair loss, sleep difficulties, anxiety, and depression. Some of the less common persistent symptoms were skin rash, decreased appetite, sweating, inability to concentrate, and memory lapses. In addition to these general symptoms, some patients experienced dysfunctions of specific organs, mainly the lungs, heart, kidneys, and nervous system. A comprehensive understanding of the persistent clinical manifestations of COVID-19 can improve and facilitate patient management and referrals. Prompt rehabilitative care and targeted interventions of these patients may improve their recovery from physical, immune, and mental health symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-86457922021-12-07 Persistence of Symptoms After Discharge of Patients Hospitalized Due to COVID-19 Wu, Lili Wu, Yongxin Xiong, Haiyan Mei, Biqi You, Tianhui Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Many patients who had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had at least one symptom that persisted after recovery from the acute phase. Our purpose was to review the empirical evidence on symptom prevalence, complications, and management of patients with long COVID. We systematically reviewed the literature on the clinical manifestations of long COVID-19, defined by the persistence of symptoms beyond the acute phase of infection. Bibliographic searches in PubMed and Google Scholar were conducted to retrieve relevant studies on confirmed patients with long COVID that were published prior to August 30, 2021. The most common persistent symptoms were fatigue, cough, dyspnea, chest pains, chest tightness, joint pain, muscle pain, loss of taste or smell, hair loss, sleep difficulties, anxiety, and depression. Some of the less common persistent symptoms were skin rash, decreased appetite, sweating, inability to concentrate, and memory lapses. In addition to these general symptoms, some patients experienced dysfunctions of specific organs, mainly the lungs, heart, kidneys, and nervous system. A comprehensive understanding of the persistent clinical manifestations of COVID-19 can improve and facilitate patient management and referrals. Prompt rehabilitative care and targeted interventions of these patients may improve their recovery from physical, immune, and mental health symptoms. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8645792/ /pubmed/34881263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.761314 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wu, Wu, Xiong, Mei and You. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Mei, Biqi
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Persistence of Symptoms After Discharge of Patients Hospitalized Due to COVID-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34881263
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.761314
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