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Sadia Ishaque
LIAQUAT NATIONAL HOSPITAL
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Introduction: The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a public health emergency that had caused disastrous results in more than 100 countries.
Method: This observational study is conducted with aim to track the course of clinical outcomes of the course of COVID 19 patients after discharge. Demographics, baseline characteristics of COVID-19 patients discharged from May till August 2020, in Liaquat National hospital Karachi, Pakistan were collected and analyzed by reviewing the medical records retrospectively. Post-hospitalization data related to clinical outcomes were obtained by following up the patients for 4 weeks.
Results: Total 96 records of discharged patients were reviewed. Mean age of them was 53.83 ± 12.89 years with male predominance (78.1%). Out of 96 patients, 19(19.8%) patients were asymptomatic at the time of discharge whereas 77(80.2%) had improved symptoms. The frequent symptoms at time of discharged was fatigue (69.8%) followed by shortness of breath (34.4%). Over the follow-up of 4 weeks, there was significant reduction in symptoms from discharge to 4th week excluding first week only. Patients were found to have significantly improved chest x-ray findings from discharge to first week of follow-up. Out of 77 symptomatic patients, 50(64.9%) patients were found to be asymptomatic while 27(35.1%) were persistently symptomatic on fourth week of the discharge with most frequent symptom of fatigue (33%) followed by shortness of breath (18%).
Conclusion: There was significant recovery in most of the COVID 19 survivors after discharge, confirmed by reduction in the symptoms and radiological improvement.
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COVID-19, follow-up, discharged patients, outcomes
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Introduction: The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a public health emergency that had caused disastrous results in more than 100 countries.
Method: This observational study is conducted with aim to track the course of clinical outcomes of the course of COVID 19 patients after discharge. Demographics, baseline characteristics of COVID-19 patients discharged from May till August 2020, in Liaquat National hospital Karachi, Pakistan were collected and analyzed by reviewing the medical records retrospectively. Post-hospitalization data related to clinical outcomes were obtained by following up the patients for 4 weeks.
Results: Total 96 records of discharged patients were reviewed. Mean age of them was 53.83 ± 12.89 years with male predominance (78.1%). Out of 96 patients, 19(19.8%) patients were asymptomatic at the time of discharge whereas 77(80.2%) had improved symptoms. The frequent symptoms at time of discharged was fatigue (69.8%) followed by shortness of breath (34.4%). Over the follow-up of 4 weeks, there was significant reduction in symptoms from discharge to 4th week excluding first week only. Patients were found to have significantly improved chest x-ray findings from discharge to first week of follow-up. Out of 77 symptomatic patients, 50(64.9%) patients were found to be asymptomatic while 27(35.1%) were persistently symptomatic on fourth week of the discharge with most frequent symptom of fatigue (33%) followed by shortness of breath (18%).
Conclusion: There was significant recovery in most of the COVID 19 survivors after discharge, confirmed by reduction in the symptoms and radiological improvement.
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