A joint study by the University of Leicester and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that
According to the study, of the 47,780 people discharged from the hospital during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, 29.4% were re-hospitalized within 140 days, and 12.3% of the total died.
The current benchmark for recording deaths from coronavirus is 28 days after a positive test result. This means that thousands more people can be included in the statistics of deaths from coronavirus.
Scientists have called for urgent monitoring of people discharged from the hospital.
Study author Kamlesh Khunti, professorDepartment of Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, said: “This is the largest study of people discharged from hospital following hospitalization with COVID-19. After being discharged, people go home and then come back and die. Almost 30% of patients were re-admitted, which is a lot of people. The numbers are huge. "
"We need to prepare for the fact that COVID-19 is with us for a long time.It is necessary to organize some kind of monitoring," the professor emphasized.
The study found that COVID-19 survivors within 140 days were nearly three and a half times more likely to be rehomed and dying than other outpatients.
Professor Khunti added that his team wassurprised to find that people are returning to hospitals, and many have developed heart, kidney and liver problems, as well as diabetes. It is important to make sure people are prescribed protective medications after discharge, such as statins and aspirin, the study's author added.
"We don't know why people with COVID-19 develop diabetes.As a result, a person gets type 1 diabetes.It's possible that the novel coronavirus is causing insulin resistance and you're developing diabetes2 types... One thing you can download for sure is that there are many cases of diabetes among those who have recovered from COVID-19," the professor explained.
“In addition, the survivors went through additionalmedical research, and it turned out that they - serious problems with the heart and liver. These people urgently need to be monitored and need to take additional medications, ”concludes the author of the study published on the preprint server. It has not been reviewed yet. However, experts called it "important."
Commenting on the study on Twitter, ChristinaPagel, Director of Clinical Operations Research at University College London (UCL), noted the importance of the work and stressed that OVID-19 is dangerous with prolonged hospitalization and post-discharge patient care.
This is such important work by my colleague @kamleshkhunti – covid is about so much more than death. A significant burden of long term illness after hospitalisation for covid 🙁 https://t.co/4SUzGNwhuE
- Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) January 17, 2021
Last year, researchers from the North Bristol NHSThe Trust found that three-quarters of viral patients treated at Bristol Southmead Hospital were still feeling unwell three months after infection. Their symptoms included shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, and muscle aches, which made it difficult for people to even wash, dress, and return to work.
Some patients say they stayed in a wheelchair after contracting the virus, while others claim they can no longer climb stairs without experiencing chest pain.
One in ten people who become infected with the coronavirus experience symptoms of the disease for three months or more for a long time.
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