Post COVID-19 pulmonary complications in outpatient setting : Insights from a cross-sectional study in a rural academic hospital
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc..
OBJECTIVE: Post COVID-19 disease pulmonary complications are generally expected among the hospitalized or elderly patients with multiple comorbidities given the gravity of the disease among such patients. However, non-hospitalized patients with less severe symptoms from COVID-19 disease have also been experiencing significant morbidity and difficulty functioning their activities of daily living. Therefore, we aim to characterize post COVID-19 pulmonary complications (symptomatology, clinical and radiological findings) in patients who did not require hospitalization but had significant outpatient visits secondary to COVID-19 sequelae.
METHODS: This is a two part cross-sectional study based on a retrospective chart review. Patients with COVID-19 disease not requiring hospitalization but followed up at pulmonology clinic with respiratory symptoms were analyzed twice in an interval of 12 months. 23 patients in first cross-section group (followed up from December 2019 to June 2021) and 53 patients in second group (followed up from June 2021 to July 2022) were included in the analyses. Differences in mean and percentage of baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes between the two groups are analyzed using unpaired t-tests and Chi-squared tests respectively. Post COVID-19 disease symptoms are classified in to 3 different groups (mild, moderate and severe) based on duration of symptoms and presence or absence of hypoxia.
RESULTS: Dyspnea on exertion (DOE) was the common compliant in majority of patients in both cross-section groups (43.5% vs 56.6%). Mean age in years were 33 and 50 in first and second cross-section groups respectively. Majority of the patients had mild and moderate symptoms in both groups (43.5% vs 9.4%, P = 0.0007; 43.5% vs 83%, P = 0.005). Mean duration of symptoms in first cross-section group was 3.8 whereas 10.5 months (P = 0.0001) in second cross-section group.
CONCLUSION: Our study outlines the burden of post COVID-19 disease pulmonary complications in patient group where these complications are less expected. Strategies for the implementation of multidisciplinary post COVID-19 care clinic along with mass vaccination awareness campaigns in rural US should be prioritized to mitigate this existing burden.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68 |
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The American journal of emergency medicine - 68(2023) vom: 01. Juni, Seite 124-126 |
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Date Completed 16.05.2023 Date Revised 16.05.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a OBJECTIVE: Post COVID-19 disease pulmonary complications are generally expected among the hospitalized or elderly patients with multiple comorbidities given the gravity of the disease among such patients. However, non-hospitalized patients with less severe symptoms from COVID-19 disease have also been experiencing significant morbidity and difficulty functioning their activities of daily living. Therefore, we aim to characterize post COVID-19 pulmonary complications (symptomatology, clinical and radiological findings) in patients who did not require hospitalization but had significant outpatient visits secondary to COVID-19 sequelae | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: This is a two part cross-sectional study based on a retrospective chart review. Patients with COVID-19 disease not requiring hospitalization but followed up at pulmonology clinic with respiratory symptoms were analyzed twice in an interval of 12 months. 23 patients in first cross-section group (followed up from December 2019 to June 2021) and 53 patients in second group (followed up from June 2021 to July 2022) were included in the analyses. Differences in mean and percentage of baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes between the two groups are analyzed using unpaired t-tests and Chi-squared tests respectively. Post COVID-19 disease symptoms are classified in to 3 different groups (mild, moderate and severe) based on duration of symptoms and presence or absence of hypoxia | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Dyspnea on exertion (DOE) was the common compliant in majority of patients in both cross-section groups (43.5% vs 56.6%). Mean age in years were 33 and 50 in first and second cross-section groups respectively. Majority of the patients had mild and moderate symptoms in both groups (43.5% vs 9.4%, P = 0.0007; 43.5% vs 83%, P = 0.005). Mean duration of symptoms in first cross-section group was 3.8 whereas 10.5 months (P = 0.0001) in second cross-section group | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: Our study outlines the burden of post COVID-19 disease pulmonary complications in patient group where these complications are less expected. Strategies for the implementation of multidisciplinary post COVID-19 care clinic along with mass vaccination awareness campaigns in rural US should be prioritized to mitigate this existing burden | ||
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