Post-acute and long-COVID-19 symptoms in patients with mild diseases: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is expected that GPs are increasingly confronted with a large group of patients with symptoms persisting three weeks after initial symptoms of a mild (managed in the outpatient setting) COVID-19 infection. Currently, research on these persistent symptoms mainly focuses on patients with severe infections (managed in an inpatient setting) whereas patients with mild disease are rarely studied.

Objective

The main objective of this systematic review was to create an overview of the nature and frequency of persistent symptoms experienced by patients after mild COVID-19 infection.

Methods

Systematic literature searches were performed in Pubmed, Embase and PsychINFO on 2 February 2021. Quantitative studies, qualitative studies, clinical lessons and case reports

SUBMITTER: van Kessel SAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature