Pain Manifestations of COVID-19 and Their Association With Mortality: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the prevalence and breakdown of pain symptoms among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection admitted for nonpain symptoms and the association between the presence of pain and intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death.

Patients and methods

In this multicenter prospective study, data on the intensity and type of pain were collected on 169 patients with active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection at 2 teaching hospitals in the United States and Korea and on 8 patients with acute pain at another large teaching hospital between February 1, 2020, and June 15, 2020.

Results

Sixty-five of 169 patients (38.5%) reported an active pain condition. Among the 73 patients with pain, the most common pain symptoms we

SUBMITTER: Knox N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature