Thirty-Day Post-Discharge Outcomes Following COVID-19 Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical course of COVID-19 includes multiple disease phases. Data describing post-hospital discharge outcomes may provide insight into disease course. Studies describing post-hospitalization outcomes of adults following COVID-19 infection are limited to electronic medical record review, which may underestimate the incidence of outcomes.

Objective

To determine 30-day post-hospitalization outcomes following COVID-19 infection.

Design

Retrospective cohort study SETTING: Quaternary referral hospital and community hospital in New York City.

Participants

COVID-19 infected patients discharged alive from the emergency department (ED) or hospital between March 3 and May 15, 2020.

Measurement

Outcomes included return to an ED, re-hospitalization, a

SUBMITTER: Kingery JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8183585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature