Three-month Follow-up Study of Survivors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 after Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most patients including health care workers (HCWs) survived the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), however, knowledge about the sequelae of COVID-19 after discharge remains limited.

Methods

A prospectively observational 3-month follow-up study evaluated symptoms, dynamic changes of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgG and IgM, lung function, and high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of survivors of COVID-19 after discharge at Wuhan Union Hospital, China.

Results

Seventy-six survivors (55 females) with a mean age of 41.3 ± 13.8 years were enrolled, and 65 (86%) were HCWs. A total of 69 (91%) patients had returned to their original work at 3-months after discharge. Most of the survivors had symptoms including fever, sputum p

SUBMITTER: Liang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature