Postdischarge outcomes of COVID-19 patients from South Asia: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may cause clinical manifestations that last for weeks or months after hospital discharge. The manifestations are heterogeneous and vary in their frequency. Their multisystem nature requires a holistic approach to management. There are sparse data from the South Asian region on the outcomes of hospital-discharged COVID-19 patients. We assessed the posthospital discharge outcomes of a cohort of Sri Lankan COVID-19 patients and explored the factors that influenced these outcomes.

Methods

Data were prospectively collected from patients who were discharged following an admission to the Nawaloka Hospital, Sri Lanka with COVID-19 from March to June 2021. At discharge, their demographic, clinical and laboratory findings were recorded. T

SUBMITTER: Abeysuriya V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9129199 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature