dc.contributor.author | Taylor, RR | |
dc.contributor.author | Trivedi, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Patel, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Singh, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Ricketts, WM | |
dc.contributor.author | Elliott, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Yarwood, M | |
dc.contributor.author | White, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Hylton, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Kapil, V | |
dc.contributor.author | McGuckin, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Pfeffer, PE | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-25T14:02:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-25T14:02:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-08 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1470-2118 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/72723 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems and how best to address post-COVID health needs is uncertain. Here we describe the post-COVID symptoms of 675 patients followed up using a virtual review pathway, stratified by severity of acute COVID infection. METHODS: COVID-19 survivors completed an online/telephone questionnaire of symptoms after 12+ weeks and a chest radiograph. Dependent on findings at virtual review, patients were provided information leaflets, attended for investigations and/or were reviewed face-to-face. Outcomes were compared between patients following high-risk and low-risk admissions for COVID pneumonia, and community referrals. RESULTS: Patients reviewed after hospitalisation for COVID pneumonia had a median of two ongoing physical health symptoms post-COVID. The most common was fatigue (50.3% of high-risk patients). Symptom burden did not vary significantly by severity of hospitalised COVID pneumonia but was highest in community referrals. Symptoms suggestive of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder were common (depression occurred in 24.9% of high-risk patients). Asynchronous virtual review facilitated triage of patients at highest need of face-to-face review. CONCLUSION: Many patients continue to have a significant burden of post-COVID symptoms irrespective of severity of initial pneumonia. How best to assess and manage long COVID will be of major importance over the next few years. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Royal College of Physicians | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Clinical Medicine Journal | |
dc.subject | breathlessness | en_US |
dc.subject | depression | en_US |
dc.subject | follow-up | en_US |
dc.subject | long COVID | en_US |
dc.subject | sequalae | en_US |
dc.title | Post-COVID symptoms reported at asynchronous virtual review and stratified follow-up after COVID-19 pneumonia. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0037 | |
pubs.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34103378 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |