About 30 per cent of those hospitalized with the coronavirus in England were readmitted for treatment within five months of their first release, a new study has found, claiming to shed more light on the “long Covid” phenomenon.
The pre-print study, which had not yet undergone peer review, concluded that those discharged from hospitals after receiving treatment for Covid-19. “Experiencing a higher number of multi-organ dysfunctions” and requires regular re-hospitalization, citing nearly 50,000 English patients evaluated in the research.
“Of 47,780 individuals in the hospital with Covid-19 during the study period, 29.4 percent were readmitted and 12.3 percent died after discharge,” According to the newspaper, this is the largest study of its kind to date.
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While much about what was mentioned “Lang Covid” or “Post Covid syndrome” (PCS) – a condition in which the symptoms of the virus, sometimes atypical, linger for months – are unknown. An increasing amount of evidence indicates that a large proportion of patients have symptoms that are much higher than their initial infection. Figures provided by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), for example, indicate that up to one-fifth of English coronavirus patients still experience symptoms five weeks after contracting the disease, while half of them for at least 12 weeks. experience.
Studies on U.S. military veterans have shown that about 20 percent of those with Covid-19 had to return to the hospital for treatment within 60 days of discharge, while nine percent died. Referring to the research, the authors of the British study said that Covid-19 appears to be “Associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury, kidney replacement therapy, insulin use, pulmonary embolism, stroke, myocarditis, arrhythmia and increased troponin.”
Led by the lead author and chief statistician Daniel Ayoubkhan of the ONS, the new research on readmission concluded that “The long-term burden on hospitals and broader healthcare systems linked by Covid is likely to be significant” given the high prevalence of PCS.
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To date, the UK has counted about 3.4 million coronavirus infections and just over 90,000 deaths since the outbreak kicked off at the end of 2019, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and it is among the top five countries hit the hardest hit in terms of the total case count. While there has been a gradual decline in new infections in recent days, NHS National Medical Director Stephen Powis said Monday “Severe pressure” on the health care system is unlikely to disappoint for some time, pointing to a more contagious variant of the virus that is affecting large parts of the country. His warning comes as a nationwide shutdown in force amid attempts to distribute one of the various vaccines now approved for use in the UK.
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