Clinical and biochemical characteristics of people experiencing post-coronavirus disease 2019-related symptoms : A prospective follow-up investigation

Copyright © 2022 Alfadda, Rafiullah, Alkhowaiter, Alotaibi, Alzahrani, Binkhamis, Siddiqui, Youssef, Altalhi, Almaghlouth, Alarifi, Albanyan, Alosaimi, Isnani, Nawaz and Alayed..

Background: Post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome, also known as long COVID, is a prolonged illness after the acute phase of COVID-19. Hospitalized patients were known to have persisting symptoms of fatigue, headache, dyspnea, and anosmia. There is a need to describe the characteristics of individuals with post-COVID-19 symptoms in comparison to the baseline characteristics.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical and biochemical characteristics of people who recovered from COVID-19 after 6 months of discharge from the hospital.

Methods: This was a prospective follow-up investigation of hospitalized and discharged COVID-19 patients. Adult patients admitted to King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and discharged were recruited. The baseline demographic information, comorbidities, vital signs and symptoms, laboratory parameters, COVID-19 therapy, and outcomes were collected from the medical records. Blood samples were collected for cytokines estimation. A detailed interview about signs and symptoms was undertaken during the follow-up.

Results: Half of the followed-up people reported experiencing at least one of the COVID-19-related symptoms. The mean blood pressure was found higher in follow-up. People with the symptoms were characterized by low lymphocyte count, lower serum calcium levels, and hyperglycemia compared to people without any post-COVID-19 symptoms. Cytokines IL-8, VEGF, and MCP-1 were higher in people with the most frequent symptoms.

Conclusion: People with post-COVID-19 symptoms were characterized by lower lymphocyte count, lower serum calcium levels, and hyperglycemia compared to people without symptoms. Individuals with the most frequent post-COVID-19 symptoms had higher baseline pro-inflammatory, chemotactic, and angiogenic cytokines.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in medicine - 9(2022) vom: 28., Seite 1067082

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alfadda, Assim A [VerfasserIn]
Rafiullah, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Alkhowaiter, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Alotaibi, Naif [VerfasserIn]
Alzahrani, Musa [VerfasserIn]
Binkhamis, Khalifa [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqui, Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Youssef, Amira [VerfasserIn]
Altalhi, Haifa [VerfasserIn]
Almaghlouth, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Alarifi, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Albanyan, Saleh [VerfasserIn]
Alosaimi, Mohammed F [VerfasserIn]
Isnani, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Nawaz, Shaik Sarfaraz [VerfasserIn]
Alayed, Khalid [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Long COVID
PASC
Post-COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 24.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmed.2022.1067082

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350732396