Upper Respiratory Symptoms as Long COVID: Insight from a Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the clinical features of long COVID cases presenting with upper respiratory symptoms, a topic not yet fully elucidated.

Study design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A multicenter study involving 26 medical facilities in Japan.

Methods

Inclusion criteria were patients aged ≥18 years old with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis via severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 polymerase chain reaction or antigen testing, who were hospitalized at the participating medical facilities. Analyzing clinical information and patient-reported outcomes from 1009 patients were analyzed. The outcome measured the degree of initial symptoms for taste or olfactory disorders and assessed the likelihood of these symptoms persisting as lon

SUBMITTER: Okada M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10909391 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature