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The risk of re-hospitalization in convalescents with deteriorating health is enormous. Post-hospital care is paramount in the first 10 days after you return home, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan.
- 2,2 thousand people participated in the study. COVID-19 patients in 132 hospitals
- 20 percent required re-hospitalization. This is a much higher rate than for other diseases
- Among the reasons for the deterioration of health in convalescents who left the hospital were, among others sepsis, pneumonia and heart failure
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The discharge of a patient who has overcome COVID-19 from the hospital does not mean that the greatest health risk has passed. The first week and a half is especially important, say researchers from a team at the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, which provides health services to veterans in southern Michigan and northern Ohio.
Researchers analyzed rates of re-admission to hospital after initial hospitalization for coronavirus, reasons for re-admission, and death rate after discharge from medical facility.
The results of the research were published by the medical journal “JAMA”. 2,2 thousand people took part in them. COVID-19 veterans in 132 hospitals where they received treatment from March to June.
Then these results were compared with the figures for 3,5 thous. people who were treated in the same hospitals with an indication of heart failure and 1,8 thous. patients struggling with pneumonia.
The risk of hospitalization is lower after 60 days
Researchers noted that severely COVID-19 patients were more likely to return to hospital with complications within 10 days of discharge when compared to patients with heart failure or pneumonia treated at the same hospitals.
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But the risk of re-hospitalization or death is as much as 40-60 percent higher. The overall risk of re-hospitalization and death of patients after severe COVID-19 was found to be lower only 60 days after discharge than for the other two conditions.
The scientists’ analysis showed that 9 percent died in the first two months. patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 and were discharged from the hospital, and 20 percent. patients required re-hospitalization.
Recovery plan needed
American experts emphasized that a wider plan for post-hospital care should be developed for patients after contracting COVID-19 and that they should be monitored. For a simple reason: in order to see the first signs of deteriorating health in convalescents.
The research proves that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is not a one-off episode. “For many, it is synonymous with long-term health problems as serious as those seen with other diseases,” said Dr. Theodore Iwashyna, an intensive care physician and co-author of the study.
After passing the infection, it is even worth doing blood tests for convalescents after COVID-19, which you can buy at an attractive price on Medonet Market. They will help to assess the general condition of your body after the disease.
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Reasons for re-hospitalization
The reasons for the deterioration of the health of patients after hospitalization due to COVID-19 were: intensification of the disease symptoms (30% of cases). Then sepsis (8,5% of cases), pneumonia (3,1%) and heart failure (3,1%).
Over 22 percent patients who were re-admitted to the hospital were transferred to the intensive care unit.
The doctors conducting the research pointed out that increased vigilance after the patient’s return from the hospital is essential. Health complications can affect anyone, but the greatest danger concerns patients over 70 years of age.
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