‘Long-COVID’: a cross-sectional study of persisting symptoms, biomarker and imaging abnormalities following hospitalisation for COVID-19

Mandal, Swapna; Barnett, Joseph; Brill, Simon; Brown, Jeremy; Denneny, Emma; S Hare, Samanjit; Heightman, Melissa; Hillman, Toby; Jacob, Joseph; C. Jarvis, Hannah; Lipman, Marc; Naidu, SB; Nair, Arjun; C. Porter, Joanna; S. Tomlinson, Gillian; R. Hurst, John

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215818

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‘Long-COVID’: a cross-sectional study of persisting symptoms, biomarker and imaging abnormalities following hospitalisation for COVID-19

Published in Thorax • Nov 10, 2020

Authors:

Swapna Mandal

Joseph Barnett

Simon Brill

Abstract

Large numbers of people are being discharged from hospital following COVID-19 without assessment of recovery. In 384 patients (mean age 59.9 years; 62% male) followed a median 54 days post discharge, 53% reported persistent breathlessness, 34% cough and 69% fatigue. 14.6% had depression. In those di...

Subject

Medicine

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Cross-sectional study

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