A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of 106,543 coronavirus patients initially admitted to hospital between March and July found that one in 11 was readmitted within two months of being discharged. 6 percent of patients admitted more than once.
In another study of 1,775 coronavirus patients discharged from the 132 pandemic hospitals in the early months, nearly a fifth were readmitted within 60 days. More than 22 percent of them needed intensive care, and 7 percent needed fans.
And in a report on 1,250 patients discharged from 38 hospitals in Michigan from mid-March to July, 15 percent were readmitted within 60 days.
Repetitive surveys do not only involve patients who were seriously ill for the first time.
“Even though they had a very mild course, at least one-third two to three months have a significant symptomology,” said Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis, head of infectious diseases at Warren Alpert Medical School and Lifespan Hospitals, said. another report. “There’s a wave of readmissions that are building up, because at some point these people will say ‘I’m not doing well’.”
Many who were admitted were vulnerable to severe symptoms because they were over 65 or had chronic conditions. But some younger and previously healthy people have also returned to hospitals.
When Becca Meyer, 31, of Paw Paw, Mich., Contracted the coronavirus in early March, she initially stayed home, nursing symptoms such as difficulty breathing, chest pain, fever, extreme fatigue and hallucinations that include visions of being attacked by a sponge. to become. in the shower.
Meyer, a mother of four, was eventually admitted to the hospital in March and again in April. She was readmitted in August for an infection and in September for severe nausea, according to medical records, which indicated her condition as ‘long-range Covid-19’.